Rescue Fire
The Rescue Fire burned 11,000 acres in Palm Beach County, Florida, in 1997. It was discovered on April 6, 1997. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 11,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 6, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 26.399, -80.745.
The record
- Reported final size
- 11,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 6, 1997
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Florida
- County
- Palm Beach County
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_FL_34303
Other large fires in Florida in 199712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oh No Fire | 41,000 | Feb 22, 1997 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,063 | Mar 8, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,000 | Jul 7, 1997 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,804 | Jan 26, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,537 | May 7, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,448 | Feb 16, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,376 | Jan 26, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,300 | May 5, 1997 | Human |
| Lw M 1 Fire | 3,275 | Jan 21, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,620 | May 7, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,145 | Mar 8, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,933 | Jan 31, 1997 |
Nearby
Sources
Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.