ZIP 98148 recorded 59 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 355 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
355 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 89 | |
| 2022 | 64 | |
| 2023 | 81 | |
| 2024 | 62 | |
| 2025 | 59 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98148 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 40 | 11.3% | |
| 2 | Fire, other | 34 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 28 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 26 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 22 | 6.2% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98148 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 38 | 32.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 15 | 12.9% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 11.2% | |
| 5 | Other | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 19 | 16.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 81 | 69.8% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Candle | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 4 | 3.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98148 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1592% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $115,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $90,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98148.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burien | 231 | |
| 2 | Des Moines | 50 | |
| 3 | SeaTac | 48 | |
| 4 | Normandy Park | 9 | |
| 5 | Seattle | 8 |
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 — 355 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.