ZIP 70601 recorded 370 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,126 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Calcasieu Parish, LA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
2,126 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 453 | |
| 2022 | 541 | |
| 2023 | 367 | |
| 2024 | 395 | |
| 2025 | 370 |
May peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 70601 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 449 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 371 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 183 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 145 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 133 | 6.3% |
For the 35 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 70601 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 78 | 14.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 62 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 61 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 55 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 50 | 9.2% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 16 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 15 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 183 | 33.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 290 | 53.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 55 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 28 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 25 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 16 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 14 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 87 | 16.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 70601 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 177% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 70601.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Charles | 2,122 | |
| 2 | Gillis | 1 | |
| 3 | Harrison | 1 | |
| 4 | Iowa | 1 | |
| 5 | Pine Bluff | 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 — 2,126 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.