River Bluff Fire (Texas)

Spanning two days of burning with an average daily growth of approximately 216 acres per day, the active River Bluff Fire in Atascosa County, Texas, is currently exhibiting minimal, creeping, and smoldering behavior in one-foot short grass on private land. Located nine miles east of Devine, the fire has reached 431 acres and achieved 80 percent containment, with three satellite heat detections picked up nearby over the last 48 hours by NASA FIRMS.

Operations are being managed by a Type 5 Incident Command and SFS agency personnel, deploying a total of 10 personnel to the Type 5 incident. The region's typical fire season spans from June to October, arriving amid a broader national context where 3,161,746 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 42% below the two-decade average.