ZIP 62226 recorded 367 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,606 across 2021–2025. Primary county: St. Clair County, IL.
1,606 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 212 | |
| 2022 | 254 | |
| 2023 | 398 | |
| 2024 | 375 | |
| 2025 | 367 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 62226 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 324 | 20.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 216 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 215 | 13.4% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 132 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 127 | 7.9% |
For the 43 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 62226 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 61 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 52 | 18.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 27 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 20 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 66 | 23.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 101 | 36.2% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 45 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 36 | 12.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 15 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 14 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 36 | 12.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 62226 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 507% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $118,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 62226.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belleville | 1,094 | |
| 2 | Swansea | 492 | |
| 3 | Cahokia Heights | 2 | |
| 4 | Fairview Heights | 1 |
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 — 1,606 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.