B AND O Fire (WA)
Satellite image: NASA GIBS / MODIS.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 1 Miles SW from Okanogan, WA
- Cause
- Human
- Personnel
- 359
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Creeping, Backing, Smoldering
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
The B AND O Fire, currently an active Type 3 incident, is burning one mile southwest of Okanogan, Washington, in Okanogan County. Since it began on July 9, 2026, the blaze has consumed 2,927 acres of private land, with containment currently at zero percent.
A Type 3 team is managing 359 personnel assigned to the fire, which has reached a cost of $1,000,000. The fire, caused by human activity, is exhibiting minimal, creeping, backing, and smoldering behavior within two-foot brush.
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