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Getaway Pens

Dickens, TX ยท Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 1,034 acres in Dickens before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

1,034

Acres Burned

125

Days Burning

Jul 8, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 34 acres in the last day
Jul 9 / 300 acresOct 17 / 1,034 acres

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Getaway Pens mapped at 1,000 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 12

Interagency perimeter data shows the Getaway Pens at 1,000 acres, 95% contained.

IRWIN

Getaway Pens mapped at 1,000 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 11

Interagency perimeter data shows the Getaway Pens at 1,000 acres, 90% contained.

IRWIN

Getaway Pens mapped at 1,000 acres, 85% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 11

Interagency perimeter data shows the Getaway Pens at 1,000 acres, 85% contained.

IRWIN

Getaway Pens mapped at 1,000 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 11

Interagency perimeter data shows the Getaway Pens at 1,000 acres, 80% contained.

IRWIN

Getaway Pens mapped at 1,000 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 11

Interagency perimeter data shows the Getaway Pens at 1,000 acres, 75% contained.

IRWIN

Getaway Pens mapped at 1,000 acres, 60% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 11

Interagency perimeter data shows the Getaway Pens at 1,000 acres, 60% contained.

IRWIN

Getaway Pens update: 1,000 acres, 40% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the Getaway Pens containment moved from 30% to 40%.

IRWIN

Getaway Pens update: 1,000 acres, 30% contained

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Jul 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the Getaway Pens grew 150 acres to 1,000.

IRWIN

Getaway Pens mapped at 850 acres, 30% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 10

Interagency perimeter data shows the Getaway Pens at 850 acres, 30% contained.

IRWIN

Getaway Pens mapped at 850 acres, 65% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 9

Interagency perimeter data shows the Getaway Pens at 850 acres, 65% contained.

IRWIN

Getaway Pens mapped at 850 acres, 55% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 9

Interagency perimeter data shows the Getaway Pens at 850 acres, 55% contained.

IRWIN

Getaway Pens mapped at 850 acres, 45% contained

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Jul 9

Interagency perimeter data shows the Getaway Pens at 850 acres, 45% contained.

IRWIN

Getaway Pens mapped at 800 acres, 15% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 9

Interagency perimeter data shows the Getaway Pens at 800 acres, 15% contained.

IRWIN

Getaway Pens update: 600 acres, 15% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 9

Per interagency perimeter data, the Getaway Pens grew 200 acres to 600.

IRWIN

Getaway Pens update: 400 acres, 15% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 9

Per interagency perimeter data, the Getaway Pens grew 100 acres to 400 and containment moved from 10% to 15%.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 8Now

125 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: b03d686e-bcfe-4e02-a439-43675b1de50e

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