Berger (50) Fire (Florida)
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Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 16 Miles S from SOUTH BAY, FL
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 1
- Complexity
- Type 5 Incident
- Fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Backing, Smoldering
- Jurisdiction
- DVF · State land
Burning across the Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area 16 miles south of South Bay, Florida, the 19,700-acre BERGER (50) Fire has been brought under 100 percent containment after an 11-day campaign marked by an average daily growth of approximately 1,791 acres. Fueled by two-foot brush and managed under a Type 5 Incident command by DVF, the natural-cause fire exhibited minimal, backing, and smoldering behavior on state-owned land within Palm Beach County.
A single personnel member oversaw the final containment efforts for this Type 5 incident, successfully securing the perimeter of the Palm Beach County wildfire.
In context
This wildfire burned in Florida for 23 days. In total it burned about 19,700 acres — around 80 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 3,169,257 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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