South Canal- Lafayette (34) Fire (FL)

Burning across 2,265 acres of private land near Hine, Florida, in Lafayette County, the South Canal-Lafayette (34) Fire has spanned 99 days of activity since starting on May 3, 2026. The natural-cause fire is now 100 percent contained and currently exhibits minimal, smoldering behavior within heavy logging slash. Throughout its trajectory, the incident has averaged approximately 23 acres per day of growth.

Operations on the ground involved a single personnel member, functioning under a Type 3 Incident complexity and managed by a Type 4 Incident Commander. While this localized fire has concluded its active spread, a broader view reveals that 2,761,076 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 50 percent below the two-decade average in a region where the typical fire season runs from June to October.