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Las Islas Fire

Starr, TX · Human

An active fire at 25% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Active

100

Acres Burned

0

Days Burning

Sep 26, 2026

Discovered

29m ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

2 public land units within 75 miles

Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / TX

53.2 mi

SE

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / TX

56.6 mi

SE

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Las Islas Fire update: 100 acres, 25% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Las Islas Fire containment moved from 0% to 25%.

IRWIN

Las Islas Fire mapped at 100 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 26

Interagency perimeter data shows the Las Islas Fire at 100 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 26Now

0 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: e40e9f0b-f794-4ddf-a8ee-2cd8cc7cfdae

Important

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