Started on Sep 16, 2026.
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Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- 7 miles northeast of Rio Grande City, TX
- People working on it
- 17 people
- Complexity
- Type 4 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- How it's behaving
- ActiveRunning — 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.
- Jurisdiction
- SFS · 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.
Burning through 2.5-foot tall grass in Starr County, the active Breezy Fire is situated seven miles northeast of Rio Grande City, Texas, on private land overseen by the SFS. Fire behavior is characterized as active, running, and smoldering across its 500-acre footprint, though containment efforts by the 17 assigned personnel have reached 75 percent under a Type 4 Incident management structure.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from June to October. Across the broader national landscape, 3,243,965 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 41 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Texas for 2 days. In total it burned about 590 acres — around 2.4 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 3,368,499 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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