Damage Report · Bay Area, California · August 2026
Bay Area Fire Damage Report: August 2026
Bay Area (San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland, and the surrounding San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and Sonoma county communities) logged 754 damage incidents in August 2026, roughly 24 a day, with August 31 the busiest day at 49.
At a glance
- 754Damage incidents tracked in August 2026
- ~24/dayAverage daily incident volume
- 474Structure fires
- 49Incidents on August 31, the month's peak day
Incidents by type
Estimated damage severity
Busiest cities
Peak day: August 31 (49 incidents). Counties covered: San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sonoma.
What stood out
- August 31 was the busiest day of the month for Bay Area: 49 incidents, more than double the daily average of 24.
- San Francisco, Oakland, and San Leandro combined for 155 incidents, rivaling San Jose itself (102).
- 501 of Bay Area's 754 incidents (66%) carried a medium or high damage estimate: roughly 16 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 Bay Area 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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