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

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Monroe Twp Fire Protection District, Ashton Fire District and Scales Mound Fire District reported responding to the most vehicle fire incidents per capita in Northwest 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.

Northwest Illinois vehicle fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Vehicle fires
Fires per capita
1
Monroe Twp Fire Protection District
Monroe Center
440
3
0.007
2
Ashton Fire District
Ashton
907
4
0.004
3
Scales Mound Fire District
Scales Mound
360
1
0.003
4
Galena Fire Protection District
Galena
3,225
8
0.002
5
Stockton Fire Protection District
Stockton
1,746
4
0.002
6
Menominee-Dunleith Fire District
East Dubuque
1,606
3
0.002
7
Davis Fire Protection District
Davis
635
1
0.002
8
Forreston Fire Protection District
Forreston
1,362
2
0.001
9
Milledgeville Fire Protection District
Lanark
1,354
2
0.001
10
Polo Fire Protection District
Polo
2,213
3
0.001
11
Sterling Fire District
Sterling
14,766
19
0.001
12
Erie Fire Protection District
Erie
1,529
2
0.001
13
Rock Falls Fire District
Rock Falls
8,911
11
0.001
14
East Dubuque Fire District
East Dubuque
1,606
2
0.001
15
Fulton Fire Protection Distric
Fulton
3,312
4
0.001
16
Lanark Fire Protection District
Lanark
1,354
1
0.001
17
Mt Morris Fire Protection District
Mount Morris
2,826
2
0.001
18
Savanna Fire District
Savanna
2,847
2
0.001
19
Byron Fire Protection District
Byron
3,608
2
0.001
20
Dixon Rural Fire Protection District
Dixon
15,202
9
0.001

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