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Damage Report · Orange County, California · October 2026

Orange County Fire & Water Damage Report: October 2026

Incidents rose 38% from September's 327 to October's 451 across Orange County. Structure fires accounted for 252 incidents, with 231 incidents carrying medium or high damage estimates countywide.

At a glance

  • 451Damage incidents tracked in October 2026
  • ~15/dayAverage daily incident volume
  • 252Structure fires
  • 31Incidents on October 16, the month's peak day

Incidents by type

Structure firesStructure fires: 252252Commercial firesCommercial fires: 109109Residential firesResidential fires: 8787Flood & water damageFlood & water damage: 33
Verified incidents by type, Orange County, October 2026.

Incidents by property type

Single-family homesSingle-family homes: 159159MultifamilyMultifamily: 5555RetailRetail: 4545Other commercialOther commercial: 3939CondosCondos: 3333IndustrialIndustrial: 2222WarehousesWarehouses: 2121Apartments (5+ units)Apartments (5+ units): 1919InstitutionalInstitutional: 1313Mobile homesMobile homes: 1010OtherOther: 3535
Incidents by property type, Orange County, October 2026. Property types come from assessor and building-footprint records, known for 96% 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: 220 incidents (49%)49%Medium damage: 144 incidents (32%)32%High damage: 87 incidents (19%)19%
Low · 220 incidentsMedium · 144 incidentsHigh · 87 incidents
Estimated damage severity split, Orange County, October 2026.

Busiest cities

AnaheimAnaheim: 5757Santa AnaSanta Ana: 5353IrvineIrvine: 3737OrangeOrange: 3030Garden GroveGarden Grove: 2424Huntington BeachHuntington Beach: 2121
Incidents by city, top 6, October 2026.

Peak day: October 16 (31 incidents). Counties covered: Orange.

What stood out

  • October 16 recorded 31 incidents in Orange County, 2.1 times the daily average of 15 during the 31 day month.
  • Anaheim logged 57 incidents, the highest single city total in Orange County out of 451 incidents for October 2026.
  • Santa Ana, Irvine and Orange combined for 120 incidents out of 451, signaling where teams will handle a large share of October 2026 work.

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