Started on Aug 1, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- 7 miles northwest of Spokane, WA
- Cause
- Human
- People working on it
- 43 people
- Complexity
- Type 1 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- How it's behaving
- MinimalSmoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Spanning 5,764 acres of private timber land with litter and understory near Suncrest, Washington, the Autumn Lane Fire has maintained a steady trajectory over 19 days of burning, averaging approximately 303 acres per day since it was sparked by human activity on August 1, 2026. Located seven miles northwest of Spokane in Spokane County, the incident is currently contained at 100 percent, operating under a Type 4 Incident Commander with 43 personnel managing the final stages of a Type 5 Incident.
Fire behavior is currently minimal and smoldering across the landscape. The suppression effort has accumulated a total cost of $13,071,735 as crews finalize operations.
This event unfolds within the context of Washington's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. On a broader scale, 2,943,064 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 46 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Washington for 45 days. In total it burned about 5,764 acres — around 23 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,243,965 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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