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

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Edgewood Bi-County Fire Protection District, Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District and Ashmore Fire District reported responding to the most vehicle 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 vehicle fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Vehicle fires
Fires per capita
1
Edgewood Bi-County Fire Protection District
Mason
337
3
0.009
2
Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District
Lawrenceville
4,406
18
0.004
3
Ashmore Fire District
Ashmore
759
3
0.004
4
Hutsonville Twp Fire Protection District
Hutsonville
538
2
0.004
5
Neoga Fire Protection District
Neoga
1,625
6
0.004
6
Newman Fire Protection Department
Newman
849
3
0.004
7
Cowden Fire Protection District
Cowden
580
2
0.003
8
Dieterich Fire Protection District
Dieterich
607
2
0.003
9
Marshall Fire Protection District
Marshall
3,860
12
0.003
10
Teutopolis Fire Protection District
Teutopolis
1,588
5
0.003
11
Xenia Volunteer Fire Protection Department
Xenia
375
1
0.003
12
Tuscola Fire District
Tuscola
4,409
11
0.002
13
Herrick Fire District
Herrick
431
1
0.002
14
Toledo Volunteer Fire Department
Greenup
1,490
3
0.002
15
Casey Fire Protection District
Casey
2,664
4
0.002
16
Shelbyville Fire Protection District
Shelbyville
4,557
7
0.002
17
Effingham Fire District
Effingham
12,589
17
0.001
18
Oblong Fire Protection District
Oblong
1,391
2
0.001
19
Robinson Fire District
Robinson
7,453
10
0.001
20
Clay City Fire Protection District
Clay City
918
1
0.001

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