Breezy Fire, Las Lomas, Texas — Map & Containment

Breezy Fire, Las Lomas, Texas — NASA satellite

Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS

Key facts

Source: NIFC

Location7 miles northeast of Rio Grande City, TX

What's burningTall Grass (2.5 feet)

How it's behavingActiveRunning — Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.Smoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.

ComplexityType 4 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.

JurisdictionSFS · Private land

Glossary: what each term means

Minimal

Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.

Smoldering

Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.

Creeping

Moves slowly, hugging the ground.

Moderate

Spreads with low, steady flames.

Active

Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.

Extreme

Fast and unpredictable.

Running

Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.

Flanking

Grows along the sides, not head-on.

Backing

Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.

Crowning

Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.

Short Crown Runs

Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.

Torching

Whole trees flaring up like torches.

Isolated Torching

Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.

Group Torching

Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.

Spotting

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.

Wind Driven Runs

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.

The story so far

Following a protracted 43-day campaign, the Breezy Fire near Las Lomas, Texas, has ended after scorching 590 acres across private lands in Starr County, located about seven miles northeast of Rio Grande City. Before crews achieved 95 percent containment and brought the incident to a close, the blaze burned through tall grass standing two and a half feet high, maintaining an average daily growth of about 14 acres per day.

Operations to secure the perimeter and extinguish remaining heat were managed by a Type 4 incident team consisting of 17 personnel from the SFS. Although the Breezy Fire began on September 16, 2026, and exhibited active, running, and smoldering behavior during its course, it concluded against a broader backdrop where 3,473,090 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure 37 percent below the two-decade average for a typical fire season that spans from June to October.