South Railroad Fire (Oklahoma)
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- Comanche County
- Cause
- Human
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Burning across Comanche, Oklahoma, the active South Railroad Fire has consumed 500 acres of private land since starting on August 29, 2026. Managed as a Type 3 Incident and attributed to a human cause, the blaze continues to burn within the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October.
Satellites are picking up three heat detections over the past 48 hours, indicating the current localized spread of the incident.
This event unfolds during a broader national fire year in which 3,133,897 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 43 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Oklahoma for 1 day. In total it burned about 500 acres — around 2.0 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 3,178,795 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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