Salt Fire

Active

Wichita County, Texas · Discovered September 16, 2026

100 acres

Size

75%

Contained

24h growth

Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 36 min ago

Current situation

Salt Fire

Winding down

Air quality · Moderate

AQI 52

The Salt Fire fire has burned 100 acres in Wichita County, Texas. Crews have reached 75% containment. Air quality near the fire is moderate (AQI 52).

Latest official update

September 12, 2026

The Highland Fire started on September 12, 2026, in Wichita County and was responded to by local fire departments. Texas A&M Forest Service was requested to provide assistance in the form of additional firefighters and heavy equipment at 4:04 pm and quickly responded. Texas A&M Forest Service is currently in unified command with local fire departments. Aviation resources including Air Attack (AA), Large Air Tankers (LATs) and Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATs) are assisting in suppression efforts as dozers make good progress constructing containment lines. FINAL UPDATE - September 13, 2026…

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Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb (inciweb.wildfire.gov).

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Growth & containment history

Recorded	Size	Contained
9/16/2026, 8:02:53 PM	100 acres	75%
9/16/2026, 6:16:17 PM	100 acres	0%

History recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream size or containment 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.