ZIP 60526 recorded 96 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 555 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cook County, IL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
555 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 92 | |
| 2022 | 153 | |
| 2023 | 92 | |
| 2024 | 122 | |
| 2025 | 96 |
Jun peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60526 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 106 | 19.1% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 77 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 73 | 13.2% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 52 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 44 | 7.9% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60526 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 20 | 22.7% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 23 | 26.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 19 | 21.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 15 | 17.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 15.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 5 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Candle | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 11 | 12.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60526 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1279% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $36,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $35,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $35,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60526.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Grange Park | 529 | |
| 2 | La Grange | 7 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 555 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.