Started on Apr 13, 2026.
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now
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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
Quick facts
- Location
- 12 miles northwest of NAPLES, FL
- People working on it
- 1 people
- Complexity
- Type 5 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Southern Rough
- How it's behaving
- Minimal, Short-range SpottingBacking — Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
- Jurisdiction
- DVF · State 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 for 178 days near Naples, Florida, the Newman Dr Fire in Collier County has charred 1,733 acres of southern rough fuel under the management of a Type 5 Incident Command and the DVF agency. Despite its lengthy duration and an average daily growth of approximately 10 acres per day, the fire behavior is currently minimal, backing, with short-range spotting. Response efforts involved a single personnel as the incident reached full containment.
This state-managed incident unfolds during a broader national landscape where 3,343,020 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 39 percent below the two-decade average. While the local region typically experiences its fire season from June to October, this Type 5 incident has successfully achieved 100 percent containment.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Florida for 178 days. So far it has affected roughly 1,733 acres — about 7.0 km². The perimeter is 100% contained.
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 3,343,020 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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