Cedar Fire

Active

Brown County, Texas · Discovered September 21, 2026

10 acres
Size
25%
Contained
-
24h growth
-
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 36 min ago

Current situation

Cedar Fire

Active fire
Air quality · Good
AQI 39

The Cedar Fire fire has burned 10 acres in Brown County, Texas. Crews have reached 25% containment. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 39).

Latest official update

August 14, 2026

The Cedar Hill Fire started on August 14, 2026, in Floyd County and was responded to by local fire departments. Texas A&M Forest Service was requested to provide assistance in the form of additional firefighters and heavy equipment at 5:30 pm and quickly responded. Texas A&M Forest Service is currently in unified command with local fire departments. Firefighters and Heavy Equipment engaged in containment line creation. Aviation resources including Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATs) were ordered to assist in suppression efforts and have made beneficial drops. FINAL UPDATE: August 15, 2026 4:50…

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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 25%

    32 min ago · September 21, 2026
  2. Fire first reported in official feeds at 10 acres

    1 hour ago · September 21, 2026
  3. Official update: TXTXS Cedar Hill Fire

    38 days ago · August 14, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
9/21/2026, 11:18:45 PM10 acres25%
9/21/2026, 10:09:43 PM10 acres0%

Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.

About this data

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