22 Fire (FL)

Burning through tall grass averaging 2.5 feet in height, the active 22 Fire has scorched 500 acres in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Located ten miles west of Hialeah and situated within Miramar, the state-managed incident is currently 30 percent contained under a Type 5 Incident management structure involving two personnel from the DVF agency. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature, registering eight heat detections over the past 48 hours to map the spread of the natural-cause fire.

The current blaze unfolds within a regional fire season that typically spans from June to October. On a broader national scale, the broader context reveals that 2,993,191 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 45 percent below the two-decade average.