ZIP 98004 recorded 132 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 809 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
809 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 195 | |
| 2022 | 142 | |
| 2023 | 198 | |
| 2024 | 142 | |
| 2025 | 132 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98004 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 196 | 24.2% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 90 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 51 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 37 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 37 | 4.6% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98004 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 50 | 22.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 27 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Other | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 51 | 23.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 119 | 54.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 17 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 4 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 13 | 5.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98004 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 722% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98004.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bellevue | 759 | |
| 2 | Clyde Hill | 30 | |
| 3 | Yarrow Point | 12 |
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 — 809 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.