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Berger (50)

Palm Beach, FL · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 19,700 acres in Palm Beach before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

19,700

Acres Burned

116

Days Burning

Jul 17, 2026

Discovered

3mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 3 / 19,700 acresAug 11 / 19,700 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

8 public land units within 75 miles

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Everglades National Park Expansion

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Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / FL

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

BERGER (50) mapped at 19,700 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 26

Interagency perimeter data shows the BERGER (50) at 19,700 acres, 100% contained.

IRWIN

BERGER (50) mapped at 19,700 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 25

Interagency perimeter data shows the BERGER (50) at 19,700 acres, 95% contained.

IRWIN

BERGER (50) mapped at 19,000 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 24

Interagency perimeter data shows the BERGER (50) at 19,000 acres, 75% contained.

IRWIN

BERGER (50) mapped at 18,000 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 23

Interagency perimeter data shows the BERGER (50) at 18,000 acres, 75% contained.

IRWIN

BERGER (50) mapped at 14,300 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 22

Interagency perimeter data shows the BERGER (50) at 14,300 acres, 75% contained.

IRWIN

BERGER (50) mapped at 11,200 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 20

Interagency perimeter data shows the BERGER (50) at 11,200 acres, 75% contained.

IRWIN

BERGER (50) mapped at 8,600 acres, 40% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 18

Interagency perimeter data shows the BERGER (50) at 8,600 acres, 40% contained.

IRWIN

BERGER (50) mapped at 850 acres, 15% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 18

Interagency perimeter data shows the BERGER (50) at 850 acres, 15% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 17Now

116 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: c9cedd74-fb6b-4bc1-840d-6bb69f587d23

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