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Damage Report · Greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · October 2026

Pittsburgh Fire & Water Damage Report: October 2026

Greater Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Penn Hills, and Butler City, and the surrounding Allegheny and Butler county communities) logged 510 damage incidents in October 2026, roughly 16 a day, with October 24 the busiest day at 28.

At a glance

  • 510Damage incidents tracked in October 2026
  • ~16/dayAverage daily incident volume
  • 258Structure fires
  • 59%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates

Incidents by type

Structure firesStructure fires: 258258Residential firesResidential fires: 213213Commercial firesCommercial fires: 3535Flood & water damageFlood & water damage: 44
Verified incidents by type, Greater Pittsburgh, October 2026.

Incidents by property type

Single-family homesSingle-family homes: 228228MultifamilyMultifamily: 5050RetailRetail: 3939InstitutionalInstitutional: 3232Apartments (5+ units)Apartments (5+ units): 2424Other commercialOther commercial: 2323IndustrialIndustrial: 1717OfficesOffices: 1111Medical facilitiesMedical facilities: 1010Government buildingsGovernment buildings: 99OtherOther: 6767
Incidents by property type, Greater Pittsburgh, October 2026. Property types come from assessor and building-footprint records, known for 95% 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: 211 incidents (41%)41%Medium damage: 210 incidents (41%)41%High damage: 89 incidents (17%)17%
Low · 211 incidentsMedium · 210 incidentsHigh · 89 incidents
Estimated damage severity split, Greater Pittsburgh, October 2026.

Busiest cities

PittsburghPittsburgh: 186186Penn HillsPenn Hills: 1212Butler CityButler City: 77Collier TownshipCollier Township: 77Plum BoroughPlum Borough: 77West Mifflin BoroughWest Mifflin Borough: 77
Incidents by city, top 6, October 2026.

Peak day: October 24 (28 incidents). Counties covered: Allegheny, Butler.

What stood out

  • October 24 was the busiest day of the month for Greater Pittsburgh: 28 incidents, well above the daily average of 16.
  • Volume was up 16% from September 2026, when Greater Pittsburgh logged 439 incidents.
  • Pittsburgh led the territory with 186 incidents (36% of the month), followed by Penn Hills (12) and Butler City (7).

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