Bsp - Cactus Fire

Active

Fentress County, Tennessee · Discovered October 29, 2026

220 acres
Size
100%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
9
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 5 days ago · Perimeter mapped 5 days ago (NIFC WFIGS)

Current situation

Bsp - Cactus Fire

Fully contained
Wind
5 mph E
Air quality · Good
AQI 40

The Bsp - Cactus Fire fire has burned 220 acres in Fentress County, Tennessee. Crews have fully contained the fire. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Wind at the fire is blowing 5 mph toward the E, with gusts to 9 mph. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 40). 9 personnel are assigned to the incident.

Bsp - Cactus Fire size over time

8 official size readings

Grew from 3 to 220 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. Fire reported 100% contained

    5 days ago · November 5, 2026
  2. Containment rose to 98%

    6 days ago · November 4, 2026
  3. Containment rose to 85%

    8 days ago · November 2, 2026
  4. Containment rose to 75%

    9 days ago · November 2, 2026
  5. New perimeter mapped at 220 acres (national perimeter feed)

    9 days ago · November 2, 2026
  6. Grew 217 acres in 43 hours to 220 acres

    10 days ago · October 31, 2026
  7. Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 3 acres

    12 days ago · October 29, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
11/5/2026, 3:58:39 PM220 acres100%
11/4/2026, 9:43:36 PM220 acres98%
11/2/2026, 10:41:55 PM220 acres85%
11/2/2026, 12:13:46 AM220 acres75%
10/31/2026, 8:39:31 PM220 acres50%
10/31/2026, 3:52:36 PM220 acres-
10/30/2026, 4:46:29 PM15 acres-
10/29/2026, 8:56:26 PM3.0 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.