Hancock Firetower Rd Fire
The Hancock Firetower Rd Fire was reported on March 1, 2025 in Hancock County, Mississippi and burned 110 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 110 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 1, 2025
- Personnel
- 2
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 30.430, -89.476.
The incident
- Size
- 110 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM CST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Approx three miles south of Wiehe
- County
- Hancock County
- State
- Mississippi
- Nearest city reported
- Kiln
- Protecting agency
- FC
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $22,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-MSMSS-014553
- IRWIN identifier
- 35EF75D9-4436-4931-9019-7D387FEBEF66
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Kiln, MS 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 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM CDT. Identifier 2025-MSMSS-014553.