Railroad Fire (Washington)

Burning across private lands through Grant County, the Railroad Fire near Beverly, Washington, has completed an 18-day campaign that saw it consume 8,216 acres at an average daily growth of approximately 456 acres per day. Active in short grass fuels measuring one foot, the fire exhibited minimal, smoldering, creeping, and running behavior before crews successfully brought the perimeter to 100 percent containment.

Operations were guided by a Type 3 Incident command with a Type 4 Incident Commander overseeing 13 personnel to manage the human-caused incident, accumulating a total cost of $1,900,000. This localized effort unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 2,761,076 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 50 percent below the country's two-decade average during a typical fire season that spans from June to October.