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Damage Report · Greater Austin, Texas · October 2026

Austin Fire Damage Report: October 2026

Incidents rose 36% from September 2026, when the area saw 281 incidents, to October 2026. Greater Austin (Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop counties) recorded 381 damage incidents over 31 days, averaging 12 per day.

At a glance

  • 381Damage incidents tracked in October 2026
  • ~12/dayAverage daily incident volume
  • 296Structure fires
  • 35%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates

Incidents by type

Structure firesStructure fires: 296296Residential firesResidential fires: 7575Commercial firesCommercial fires: 1010
Verified incidents by type, Greater Austin, October 2026.

Incidents by property type

Single-family homesSingle-family homes: 109109MultifamilyMultifamily: 4040Apartments (5+ units)Apartments (5+ units): 3333Mobile homesMobile homes: 2222RetailRetail: 2222Other commercialOther commercial: 1313IndustrialIndustrial: 1212OfficesOffices: 1111CondosCondos: 1010InstitutionalInstitutional: 99OtherOther: 100100
Incidents by property type, Greater Austin, October 2026. Property types come from assessor and building-footprint records, known for 80% of incidents. Multifamily covers 2 to 4 unit buildings plus multifamily buildings whose unit count is not on record; Other includes properties not yet classified.

Estimated damage severity

Low damage: 248 incidents (65%)65%Medium damage: 105 incidents (28%)28%High damage: 28 incidents (7%)7%
Low · 248 incidentsMedium · 105 incidentsHigh · 28 incidents
Estimated damage severity split, Greater Austin, October 2026.

Busiest cities

AustinAustin: 281281San MarcosSan Marcos: 1010Cedar CreekCedar Creek: 99GeorgetownGeorgetown: 88BastropBastrop: 66PflugervillePflugerville: 66
Incidents by city, top 6, October 2026.

Peak day: October 18 (20 incidents). Counties covered: Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop.

What stood out

  • On October 18 there were 20 incidents across Greater Austin, 1.7 times the 12 per day average.
  • Austin logged 281 incidents, 74 percent of the area total, concentrating work inside the city rather than suburbs.
  • Medium or high damage estimates affected 133 incidents in Travis, Williamson, Hays, and Bastrop counties, creating a priority pool of higher severity jobs.

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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the Greater Austin throughout October 2026, aggregated from FirstLeads' real-time incident monitoring network and frozen as a monthly snapshot at publish time. Damage severity is estimated from emergency response signals at the time of the incident.

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