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Damage Report · Raleigh-Durham Triangle, North Carolina · October 2026

Raleigh Fire Damage Report: October 2026

Raleigh-Durham Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, and Cary Wc, and the surrounding Wake and Durham county communities) logged 299 damage incidents in October 2026, roughly 10 a day, with October 18 the busiest day at 16.

At a glance

  • 299Damage incidents tracked in October 2026
  • ~10/dayAverage daily incident volume
  • 208Structure fires
  • 49%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates

Incidents by type

Structure firesStructure fires: 208208Residential firesResidential fires: 7575Commercial firesCommercial fires: 1616
Verified incidents by type, Raleigh-Durham Triangle, October 2026.

Incidents by property type

Single-family homesSingle-family homes: 120120MultifamilyMultifamily: 4545Apartments (5+ units)Apartments (5+ units): 1717RetailRetail: 1515InstitutionalInstitutional: 1212IndustrialIndustrial: 1111SchoolsSchools: 99OfficesOffices: 88Other commercialOther commercial: 88WarehousesWarehouses: 55OtherOther: 4949
Incidents by property type, Raleigh-Durham Triangle, October 2026. Property types come from assessor and building-footprint records, known for 92% 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: 153 incidents (51%)51%Medium damage: 79 incidents (26%)26%High damage: 67 incidents (22%)22%
Low · 153 incidentsMedium · 79 incidentsHigh · 67 incidents
Estimated damage severity split, Raleigh-Durham Triangle, October 2026.

Busiest cities

RaleighRaleigh: 113113DurhamDurham: 7575Cary WcCary Wc: 1919Wake ForestWake Forest: 1515ApexApex: 1414MorrisvilleMorrisville: 99
Incidents by city, top 6, October 2026.

Peak day: October 18 (16 incidents). Counties covered: Wake, Durham.

What stood out

  • October 18 was the busiest day of the month for Raleigh-Durham Triangle: 16 incidents, well above the daily average of 10.
  • Raleigh led the territory with 113 incidents (38% of the month), followed by Durham (75) and Cary Wc (19).
  • 146 of Raleigh-Durham Triangle's 299 incidents (49%) carried a medium or high damage estimate: roughly 5 significant restoration opportunities surfacing every day.

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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the Raleigh-Durham Triangle 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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