ZIP 98166 recorded 175 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 969 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
969 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 239 | |
| 2022 | 173 | |
| 2023 | 200 | |
| 2024 | 182 | |
| 2025 | 175 |
Jul peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98166 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fire, other | 102 | 10.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 92 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 87 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Attempted burning, illegal action, other | 86 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 84 | 8.7% |
For the 22 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98166 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 96 | 29.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 55 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 19 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Other | 18 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 7 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 90 | 27.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 217 | 66.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 15 | 4.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 4.6% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 14 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 6 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 27 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98166 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 261% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,800,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $781,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $650,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $480,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 7 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98166.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burien | 811 | |
| 2 | Normandy Park | 148 | |
| 3 | Seattle | 5 | |
| 4 | Des Moines | 2 | |
| 5 | Chelan | 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 — 969 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.