Bunker Fire

No longer in current feed

Calhoun County, Arkansas · Discovered September 14, 2026

2,849 acres
Size
100%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
1
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 19 days ago

Current situation

Bunker Fire

Inactive
Air quality · Good
AQI 43

The Bunker Fire fire has burned 2,849 acres in Calhoun County, Arkansas. It is no longer in the current official feed, so the figures on this page reflect the last data reported. Crews have fully contained the fire. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 43). 1 personnel are assigned to the incident.

Bunker Fire size over time

14 official size readings

Grew from 1 to 2,849 acres across these reports.

Acreage as reported by the official incident feed, recorded by Fire Nearby each time it changes. Hover or tap the chart for each reading.

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Incident timeline

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Containment rose to 100%

    20 days ago · October 21, 2026
  2. Fire reported 100% contained

    20 days ago · October 21, 2026
  3. Red Flag Warning in effect for the fire area

    25 days ago · October 16, 2026
  4. Red Flag Warning in effect for the fire area

    25 days ago · October 16, 2026
  5. Red Flag Warning in effect for the fire area

    25 days ago · October 16, 2026
  6. Red Flag Warning in effect for the fire area

    25 days ago · October 16, 2026
  7. Containment rose to 95%

    47 days ago · September 24, 2026
  8. Containment rose to 90%

    50 days ago · September 21, 2026
  9. Containment rose to 75%

    54 days ago · September 17, 2026
  10. Containment rose to 65%

    55 days ago · September 16, 2026
  11. Containment rose to 30%

    55 days ago · September 16, 2026
  12. Grew 882 acres in 13 hours to 2,832 acres

    55 days ago · September 16, 2026
  13. Grew 552 acres in 4 hours to 1,950 acres

    56 days ago · September 15, 2026
  14. Containment dropped to 0% (from 75%)

    56 days ago · September 15, 2026
  15. Mapped size revised down to 1,398 acres (from 2,338)

    56 days ago · September 15, 2026
  16. Grew 2,138 acres in 4 hours to 2,338 acres

    56 days ago · September 15, 2026
  17. New perimeter mapped at 1 acres (national perimeter feed)

    57 days ago · September 15, 2026
  18. Grew 199 acres in 8 hours to 200 acres

    57 days ago · September 15, 2026
  19. Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 1 acres

    57 days ago · September 14, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
10/22/2026, 2:31:33 PM2,849 acres100%
10/21/2026, 2:54:32 PM2,851 acres100%
10/2/2026, 6:24:23 PM2,851 acres95%
9/24/2026, 4:43:54 PM2,849 acres95%
9/21/2026, 11:23:55 PM2,849 acres90%
9/17/2026, 9:39:12 PM2,849 acres75%
9/16/2026, 9:37:52 PM2,832 acres65%
9/16/2026, 11:36:17 AM2,832 acres30%
9/15/2026, 10:16:18 PM1,950 acres30%
9/15/2026, 9:41:19 PM2,338 acres0%
9/15/2026, 6:26:07 PM1,398 acres-
9/15/2026, 6:11:07 AM2,338 acres-
9/15/2026, 2:36:03 AM200 acres-
9/14/2026, 6:31:00 PM1.0 acres-

Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.

About this data

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