Damage Report · Orange County, California · August 2026
Orange County Fire Damage Report: August 2026
Orange County logged 342 damage incidents in August 2026. The month averaged 11 incidents per day across 31 days and peaked on August 6 with 18 incidents. Structure fires were 187, commercial 93, and residential 62.
At a glance
- 342Damage incidents tracked in August 2026
- ~11/dayAverage daily incident volume
- 187Structure fires
- 73%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates
Incidents by type
Estimated damage severity
Busiest cities
Peak day: August 6 (18 incidents). Counties covered: Orange.
What stood out
- Santa Ana recorded 46 incidents in August, accounting for the single largest city total and concentrating work for local contractors.
- Structure fires totaled 187 incidents countywide, hitting Santa Ana and Anaheim with high restoration demand and contributing to the 249 medium or high damage estimates.
- Anaheim, Huntington Beach, and Orange combined for 88 incidents, forming a focused corridor for follow ups and scheduling crews across those cities.
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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the Orange County throughout August 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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