Salmon Fire (OR)
Satellite image: NASA GIBS / MODIS.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 34 Miles SW from Baker City, OR
- Personnel
- 126
- Complexity
- Type 2 Incident
- Fuel
- Closed Timber Litter
- Behavior
- Active, Flanking, Torching
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
The Salmon Fire, a Type 2 Incident, ignited on July 8, 2026, within Grant County, Oregon. Located 34 miles southwest of Baker City, the blaze burned 1,000 acres of federal land managed by the USFS.
The fire exhibited active behavior characterized by flanking and torching through closed timber litter. Although 126 personnel were assigned to the incident, the fire reached 0 percent containment before it ended.
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