Started on Sep 27, 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
- 4 miles southeast of Benjamin, TX
- People working on it
- 29 people
- Complexity
- Type 4 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- How it's behaving
- Moderate
- 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 across 321 acres of private land featuring one-foot short grass, the Grover Bend Fire near Benjamin, Texas, in Knox County has reached full containment at 100 percent under a Type 4 Incident management structure. Satellites detected six heat signatures over the 48 hours surrounding the incident, reflecting the operational footprint of the blaze as ground crews worked the area.
Fire behavior on the scene was observed as moderate while burning through the short grass fuels. A total of 29 personnel deployed by the SFS managed the response efforts, operating as a Type 4 IC to bring the incident to a successful conclusion following its start on September 27, 2026.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Nationally, the broader context shows 3,285,106 hectares burned so far in 2026, tracking 40% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Texas for 1 day. In total it burned about 321 acres — around 1.3 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 3,366,046 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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