Damage Report · Bay Area, California · July 2026
Bay Area Fire Damage Report: July 2026
The seven core Bay Area counties logged 910 damage incidents in July 2026, spread across San Francisco, San Jose, the Peninsula, and the East Bay — with commercial fires claiming an outsized share of the month’s losses.
At a glance
- 910Damage incidents tracked in July 2026
- ~29/dayAverage daily incident volume
- 571Structure fires
- 122Commercial fires
Incidents by type
Estimated damage severity
Busiest cities
Peak day: July 25 (46 incidents). Counties covered: San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sonoma.
What stood out
- 122 commercial fires in one month — 13% of all Bay Area incidents, the highest commercial share of any territory in July.
- Unlike the fireworks-driven territories, the Bay Area peaked late: July 25 was its biggest day, at 46 incidents.
- San Francisco and San Jose together accounted for 383 incidents — 42% of the region — with the rest spread across five more counties.
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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the Bay Area throughout July 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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