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South Railroad Fire (Oklahoma)

Ended · 500 acres (202 hectares) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers2 days
202Hectares500Acres2Days it lasted

Started on Aug 29, 2026.

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Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

Quick facts

Location
Comanche County
Cause
Human
Complexity
Type 3 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
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 3,372,253 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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