Backbone Fire

No longer in current feed

Lewis County, Washington · Discovered August 5, 2026

17 acres

Size

90%

Contained

No growth

24h growth

Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 63 days ago

Current situation

Backbone Fire

Inactive

Air quality · Good

AQI 31

The Backbone Fire fire has burned 17 acres in Lewis County, Washington. It is no longer in the current official feed, so the figures on this page reflect the last data reported. Crews have reached 90% containment. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 31). 34 personnel are assigned to the incident.

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Backbone Fire size over time

12 official size readings

Grew from 10 to 17 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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Growth & containment history

Raw growth & containment readings

Recorded	Size	Contained
9/9/2026, 12:41:27 AM	17 acres	90%
8/28/2026, 12:19:19 AM	17 acres	89%
8/27/2026, 12:34:24 AM	17 acres	64%
8/25/2026, 11:31:34 PM	17 acres	40%
8/25/2026, 12:24:03 AM	17 acres	35%
8/24/2026, 12:20:37 AM	17 acres	26%
8/23/2026, 12:28:55 AM	17 acres	20%
8/19/2026, 12:02:40 AM	17 acres	0%
8/14/2026, 12:07:12 AM	15 acres	0%
8/12/2026, 11:57:03 PM	14 acres	0%
8/12/2026, 12:25:47 AM	10 acres	0%
8/11/2026, 2:04:22 PM	10 acres	-

Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.

About this data

Fire Nearby aggregates official incident data and shows exactly when each value was last updated. For evacuation decisions, always follow instructions from local emergency officials and check county emergency management channels.