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Report: Which Greater Champaign-Urbana communities saw the most vehicle fires in 2017?

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Cisco Fire Protection District, Bondville Fire District and Georgetown Fire Protection District reported responding to the most vehicle fire incidents per capita in Greater C-U 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.

Greater C-U vehicle fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Vehicle fires
Fires per capita
1
Cisco Fire Protection District
Cisco
250
4
0.016
2
Bondville Fire District
Bondville
446
3
0.007
3
Georgetown Fire Protection District
Georgetown
516
3
0.006
4
Seymour Volunteer Fire Department
Seymour
367
2
0.005
5
Thomasboro Fire Protection District
Thomasboro
1,110
5
0.005
6
Rankin Fire Protection District-Rankin Unit
Rankin
532
2
0.004
7
Ridge Farm Fire Protection District
Ridge Farm
835
3
0.004
8
Tilton Fire District
Tilton
2,584
7
0.003
9
Oakwood Fire District
Oakwood
1,532
4
0.003
10
Cerro Gordo Fire Protection District
Cerro Gordo
1,339
3
0.002
11
St Joseph-Stanton Fire Protection District
St. Joseph
3,959
8
0.002
12
Pesotum Fire District
Tolono
3,449
6
0.002
13
Northern Piatt County Fire Protection District
Mansfield
865
1
0.001
14
Tolono Fire Protection District
Tolono
3,449
4
0.001
15
Gibson City Fire Protection District
Gibson City
3,307
3
0.001
16
Rossville Area Fire Protection District
Rossville
1,257
1
0.001
17
Paxton Fire Protection District
Paxton
4,218
3
0.001
18
Bement Fire Protection District
Bement
1,684
1
0.001
19
Danville Fire District
Danville
31,424
18
0.001
20
Hoopeston Volunteer Fire Department
Hoopeston
5,112
3
0.001

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