Newtown Branch Road Fire

Active

Bell County, Kentucky · Discovered November 8, 2026

0.5 acres
Size
100%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
-
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 2 days ago

Current situation

Newtown Branch Road Fire

Fully contained
Air quality · Moderate
AQI 65

The Newtown Branch Road Fire fire has burned 0.5 acres in Bell County, Kentucky. Crews have fully contained the fire. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Air quality near the fire is moderate (AQI 65).

Newtown Branch Road Fire size over time

2 official size readings

Holding at 1 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%

    2 days ago · November 8, 2026
  2. Fire reported 100% contained

    2 days ago · November 8, 2026
  3. Fire first listed in official incident feeds

    2 days ago · November 8, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
11/8/2026, 10:02:05 PM0.5 acres100%
11/8/2026, 9:17:04 PM0.5 acres0%

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.