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Damage Report · Inland Empire, California · October 2026

San Bernardino Fire & Water Damage Report: October 2026

Incidents rose 33% from September’s 717 to 957 in October across the Inland Empire (San Bernardino, Riverside counties). The area averaged 31 incidents per day and peaked at 54 incidents on October 4. Structure fires totaled 730 and medium or high estimates reached 323.

At a glance

  • 957Damage incidents tracked in October 2026
  • ~31/dayAverage daily incident volume
  • 730Structure fires
  • 34%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates

Incidents by type

Structure firesStructure fires: 730730Residential firesResidential fires: 154154Commercial firesCommercial fires: 7171Flood & water damageFlood & water damage: 22
Verified incidents by type, Inland Empire, October 2026.

Incidents by property type

Single-family homesSingle-family homes: 393393RetailRetail: 9595Other commercialOther commercial: 6161MultifamilyMultifamily: 5555Mobile homesMobile homes: 4242Apartments (5+ units)Apartments (5+ units): 2727WarehousesWarehouses: 2424InstitutionalInstitutional: 2121Other residentialOther residential: 2121Vacant landVacant land: 1919OtherOther: 199199
Incidents by property type, Inland Empire, October 2026. Property types come from assessor and building-footprint records, known for 86% 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: 634 incidents (66%)66%Medium damage: 227 incidents (24%)24%High damage: 96 incidents (10%)10%
Low · 634 incidentsMedium · 227 incidentsHigh · 96 incidents
Estimated damage severity split, Inland Empire, October 2026.

Busiest cities

San Bernardino CitySan Bernardino City: 105105RiversideRiverside: 9191San BernardinoSan Bernardino: 7676Victorville CityVictorville City: 3232VictorvilleVictorville: 2727Hesperia CityHesperia City: 2525
Incidents by city, top 6, October 2026.

Peak day: October 4 (54 incidents). Counties covered: San Bernardino, Riverside.

What stood out

  • On October 4 the Inland Empire recorded 54 incidents, 1.7 times the daily average of 31, the month’s busiest day across San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
  • San Bernardino City recorded 105 incidents while Riverside logged 91, together accounting for a large share of the 957 incidents across the Inland Empire.
  • A total of 323 incidents carried medium or high damage estimates in October alongside 730 structure fires and 154 residential fires reported across the Inland Empire.

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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the Inland Empire 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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