Electric Slide Fire
The Electric Slide Fire was reported on August 18, 2023 in Brooks County, Texas and burned 1,456 acres. It was fully contained on August 19, 2023. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,456 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2023
- Personnel
- 29
Map
Perimeter mapped August 18, 2023 at 8:25 PM CDT, 1,456 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 26.913, -98.145.
The incident
- Size
- 1,456 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2023 at 3:25 PM CDT
- Contained
- August 19, 2023 at 6:04 PM CDT
- Controlled
- August 21, 2023 at 6:15 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use, Commercial transport vehicle
- Location
- 22 Miles south Falfurrias on HWY 281
- County
- Brooks County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 29
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-TXTXS-233318
- IRWIN identifier
- 95D87EB6-7769-4759-B2E1-1F6283BAD896
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Falfurrias, TX covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated October 27, 2023 at 2:55 PM CDT. Identifier 2023-TXTXS-233318.