Nethery Fire

Active

Kimble County, Texas · Discovered September 21, 2026

150 acres
Size
30%
Contained
-
24h growth
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Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 32 min ago

Current situation

Nethery Fire

Active fire
Air quality · Good
AQI 38

The Nethery Fire fire has burned 150 acres in Kimble County, Texas. Crews have reached 30% containment. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 38).

Latest official update

August 29, 2026

The West Fork Fire in Sutton County started on August 28, 2026, under elevated fire conditions. Texas A&M Forest Service was requested to provide assistance in the form of additional firefighters, aircraft and heavy equipment at 4:54 pm. Texas A&M Forest Service is currently in unified command with local departments.FINAL UPDATE - September 2, 2026 - 3:18 pm - The fire is 100% contained.Update - August 31- 10:30 am - Fire behavior was minimal on August 30. A Texas A&M Forest Service bulldozer and a private bulldozer were used during suppression and mop-up efforts. Update - August 29 - 11:30…

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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 30%

    3 hours ago · September 21, 2026
  2. Fire first reported in official feeds at 150 acres

    5 hours ago · September 21, 2026
  3. Official update: TXTXS West Fork Fire

    23 days ago · August 29, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
9/21/2026, 8:12:36 PM150 acres30%
9/21/2026, 6:37:42 PM150 acres0%

Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.

About this data

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