Pico Fire
Active
Riverside County, California · Discovered October 6, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 4 hours ago · Official incident page
Pico Fire
The Pico Fire fire has burned 173 acres in Riverside County, California. Officials have not reported a containment figure yet. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 39).
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Incident timeline
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
4 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR605, T73, N809PJ)
8 hours ago · October 6, 2026Grew 55 acres in about an hour to 75 acres
8 hours ago · October 6, 2026Mapped size revised down to 20 acres (from 100)
10 hours ago · October 6, 20262 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR72, T73)
10 hours ago · October 6, 2026Fire first listed in official incident feeds
10 hours ago · October 6, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 10/6/2026, 9:21:26 PM | 173 acres | - |
| 10/6/2026, 8:52:20 PM | 75 acres | - |
| 10/6/2026, 7:39:39 PM | 100 acres | - |
| 10/6/2026, 7:29:37 PM | 20 acres | - |
| 10/6/2026, 7:19:53 PM | 100 acres | - |
| 10/6/2026, 7:15:00 PM | - | - |
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.