ZIP 98126 recorded 153 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 626 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
626 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 107 | |
| 2022 | 116 | |
| 2023 | 130 | |
| 2024 | 120 | |
| 2025 | 153 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98126 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 75 | 12.0% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 72 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 58 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 40 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 39 | 6.2% |
For the 3 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98126 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 55 | 31.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 6.8% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 9 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 8 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 52 | 29.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 69 | 39.0% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 23 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 10 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Fireworks | 10 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 29 | 16.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98126 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1224% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $95,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98126.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle | 625 |
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 — 626 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.