Blue Fire
The Blue Fire was reported on August 26, 2025 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 3,713 acres. It was fully contained on October 13, 2025.
- Size
- 3,713 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 26, 2025
- Personnel
- 12
Map
Perimeter mapped March 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM PDT, 3,713 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.790, -123.185.
The incident
- Size
- 3,713 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM PDT
- Controlled
- March 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 4 Miles SE from Seiad, CA
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- South of Seiad, CA
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $24,160,272
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-CAKNF-006679
- IRWIN identifier
- B43338CA-F257-44E2-81CD-49DA3477698D
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 29, 2025 (134 acres) to March 12, 2026 (3,713 acres). The largest one-day growth was 3,661 acres, mapped September 12, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 29, 2025 | 134 | |
| August 30, 2025 | 398 | +264 |
| August 31, 2025 | 1,236 | +838 |
| September 1, 2025 | 1,438 | +202 |
| September 2, 2025 | 1,559 | +121 |
| September 3, 2025 | 1,728 | +169 |
| September 4, 2025 | 2,455 | +727 |
| September 5, 2025 | 2,731 | +276 |
| September 6, 2025 | 3,177 | +446 |
| September 7, 2025 | 3,491 | +314 |
| September 8, 2025 | 3,608 | +117 |
| September 9, 2025 | 3,625 | +17 |
| September 10, 2025 | 3,637 | +12 |
| September 11, 2025 | 0 | -3,637 |
| September 12, 2025 | 3,661 | +3,661 |
| September 13, 2025 | 3,660 | -1 |
| September 14, 2025 | 3,663 | +3 |
| September 15, 2025 | 3,665 | +2 |
| September 17, 2025 | 3,680 | +15 |
| September 18, 2025 | 3,710 | +30 |
| September 19, 2025 | 3,737 | +27 |
| March 12, 2026 | 3,713 | -24 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Happy Camp, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 March 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM PDT. Identifier 2025-CAKNF-006679.