Sunset Fire
Active
Lincoln County, New Mexico · Discovered August 19, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 8 hours ago
Sunset Fire
The Sunset Fire fire has burned 145 acres in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Crews have fully contained the fire. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 42). 1 personnel are assigned to the incident.
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Incident timeline
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Containment rose to 100%
29 days ago · September 8, 2026Fire reported 100% contained
29 days ago · September 8, 2026Containment rose to 80%
35 days ago · September 2, 2026New perimeter mapped at 145 acres (national perimeter feed)
38 days ago · August 30, 2026Containment rose to 62%
39 days ago · August 29, 2026Containment rose to 29%
40 days ago · August 28, 2026Grew 32 acres in 3 days to 133 acres
42 days ago · August 26, 2026Containment dropped to 0% (from 100%)
44 days ago · August 24, 2026Grew 68 acres in 3 days to 101 acres
45 days ago · August 23, 2026Grew 32 acres in 23 hours to 33 acres
48 days ago · August 20, 2026Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 1 acres
49 days ago · August 19, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 9/8/2026, 8:46:27 PM | 145 acres | 100% |
| 9/2/2026, 8:26:15 PM | 145 acres | 80% |
| 8/29/2026, 10:33:30 PM | 145 acres | 62% |
| 8/28/2026, 9:49:44 PM | 145 acres | 29% |
| 8/28/2026, 2:29:47 PM | 101 acres | 0% |
| 8/27/2026, 10:23:49 PM | 145 acres | 0% |
| 8/26/2026, 10:18:54 PM | 133 acres | 0% |
| 8/26/2026, 2:45:59 PM | 101 acres | 0% |
| 8/25/2026, 10:20:52 PM | 111 acres | 0% |
| 8/25/2026, 1:52:00 PM | 101 acres | 0% |
| 8/24/2026, 10:29:04 PM | 111 acres | 0% |
| 8/23/2026, 6:50:11 PM | 101 acres | - |
| 8/20/2026, 10:17:21 PM | 33 acres | - |
| 8/19/2026, 11:24:08 PM | 1.0 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.