ZIP 98006 recorded 94 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 527 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
527 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 123 | |
| 2022 | 95 | |
| 2023 | 122 | |
| 2024 | 93 | |
| 2025 | 94 |
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98006 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 137 | 26.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 56 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 37 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 36 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 32 | 6.1% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98006 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 38 | 24.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 26 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 19 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Other | 9 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 32 | 20.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 84 | 54.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 8 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 11 | 7.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98006 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1240% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $1,871,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $959,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $136,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98006.
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 — 527 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.