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Playa Grande

Vieques, PR ยท Undetermined

An active fire at 0% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Critical

4

Acres Burned

85

Days Burning

Jul 2, 2026

Discovered

1d ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Jul 2 / 4 acresSep 24 / 4 acres

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Threatened Public Lands

8 public land units within 75 miles

Vieques National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / PR

7.9 mi

E

Culebra National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / PR

21.5 mi

NE

El Yunque National Forest

Go

National Forest / PR

22.6 mi

NW

El Toro Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / PR

23.5 mi

NW

Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / VI

50.1 mi

SE

Virgin Islands National Park

Go

National Park / VI

53.7 mi

E

Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument

Go

Monument / VI

55 mi

E

Buck Island Reef National Monument

Go

Monument / VI

62.6 mi

E

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Elaya Grande mapped at 4 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 2

Interagency perimeter data shows the Elaya Grande at 4 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 2Now

85 days since discovery

Other Fires in PR

1 additional active fire

Fosforo

Lajas, PR

100 acres

0%

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: 00e4680a-547b-4cc4-80ff-1c4da0b9ff76

Important

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