ZIP 60551 recorded 61 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 172 across 2021–2025. Primary county: LaSalle County, IL.
172 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | |
| 2022 | 16 | |
| 2023 | 25 | |
| 2024 | 39 | |
| 2025 | 61 |
Jun peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60551 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 49 | 28.5% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 23 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 13 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 10 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 7 | 4.1% |
For the 26 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60551 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 8 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 4 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 3 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 17 | 28.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 28 | 46.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Match | 5 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Lightning | 2 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 6 | 10.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60551 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 136% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60551.
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 — 172 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.