Wheel Fire
Active
Malheur County, Oregon · Discovered September 26, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 14 hours ago
Wheel Fire
The Wheel Fire fire has burned 119 acres in Malheur County, Oregon. Officials have not reported a containment figure yet. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 42).
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Incident timeline
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
New perimeter mapped at 119 acres (national perimeter feed)
14 hours ago · September 26, 2026Grew 50 acres in 4 hours to 60 acres
15 hours ago · September 26, 2026Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 10 acres
18 hours ago · September 26, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 9/26/2026, 9:48:32 PM | 119 acres | - |
| 9/26/2026, 9:23:30 PM | 60 acres | - |
| 9/26/2026, 5:48:24 PM | 10 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.