Heat Wave Fire
The Heat Wave Fire was reported on September 22, 2025 in Callahan County, Texas and burned 539 acres. It was fully contained on September 23, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 539 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 22, 2025
- Personnel
- 20
Map
Perimeter mapped September 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM CDT, 539 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 32.391, -99.324.
The incident
- Size
- 539 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM CDT
- Contained
- September 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM CDT
- Controlled
- October 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM CDT
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use, Hot work: welder/grinder/torch/cutter
- Location
- 20 Miles E from Abilene, TX
- County
- Callahan County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- Abilene
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 20
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-TXTXS-254486
- IRWIN identifier
- 0E7DF435-5150-4FF7-99D5-E96A77D4910A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Baird, 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 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM CDT. Identifier 2025-TXTXS-254486.