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Gray Fire (Louisiana)

Ended · 555 acres (225 hectares) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers5 days
225Hectares555Acres5Days it lasted

Started on Sep 12, 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

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Quick facts

Location
Cameron County
Jurisdiction
USFWS · Federal land

Burning across federal land in Cameron County, Louisiana, the active Gray Fire has now consumed 555 acres since its ignition on September 12, 2026. Managed by the USFWS, the four-day-old blaze is expanding at an approximate average rate of 139 acres per day.

Satellite monitoring currently detects a single heat signature nearby over the past 48 hours, indicating the current localized clustering of the fire's spread.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Nationally, the broader context shows 3,226,886 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 41 percent below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Louisiana for 4 days. In total it burned about 555 acres — around 2.2 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 3,226,886 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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