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Report: Which East Central Illinois communities saw the most structure fires in 2017?

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Herrick Fire District, Xenia Volunteer Fire Protection Department and Camargo Fire Station reported responding to the most structure fire incidents per capita in East Central Illinois in 2017, according to the latest state report.

The annual summary of state fire incidents, published by the Illinois State Fire Marshal, records the number and type of fire-related incidents each fire protection district responded to in the calendar year. Fires are categorized as structure fires, vehicle fires or other fires.

East Central Illinois structure fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Structure fires per capita
1
Herrick Fire District
Herrick
431
9
0.021
2
Xenia Volunteer Fire Protection Department
Xenia
375
5
0.013
3
Camargo Fire Station
Camargo
455
5
0.011
4
Oblong Fire Protection District
Oblong
1,391
13
0.009
5
Hutsonville Twp Fire Protection District
Hutsonville
538
5
0.009
6
Edgewood Bi-County Fire Protection District
Mason
337
3
0.009
7
Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District
Lawrenceville
4,406
32
0.007
8
Newman Fire Protection Department
Newman
849
6
0.007
9
Effingham Fire District
Effingham
12,589
68
0.005
10
Cowden Fire Protection District
Cowden
580
3
0.005
11
Moweaqua Fire Protection Department
Moweaqua
1,726
9
0.005
12
Neoga Fire Protection District
Neoga
1,625
8
0.005
13
Marshall Fire Protection District
Marshall
3,860
17
0.004
14
Tuscola Fire District
Tuscola
4,409
17
0.004
15
Charleston Fire District
Charleston
20,996
73
0.003
16
Toledo Volunteer Fire Department
Greenup
1,490
5
0.003
17
Robinson Fire District
Robinson
7,453
22
0.003
18
Shelbyville Fire Protection District
Shelbyville
4,557
13
0.003
19
Olney Fire District
Olney
8,942
25
0.003
20
Christy Fire Protection District
Sumner
3,160
9
0.003

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