Midnight Fire
The Midnight Fire was reported on August 28, 2025 in Zapata County, Texas and burned 340 acres. It was fully contained on August 28, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 340 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 28, 2025
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeter mapped August 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM CDT, 339 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 27.127, -99.243.
The incident
- Size
- 340 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM CDT
- Contained
- August 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM CDT
- Controlled
- August 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Natural, Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 13 Miles NE from San Ygnacio, TX
- County
- Zapata County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- San Ygnacio
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-TXTXS-254125
- IRWIN identifier
- DBD1D58C-7B39-46F1-9968-B42A0B825C16
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for San Ygnacio, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- San Ygnacio, TX13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Medina, TX14 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Zapata, TX15 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Falcon Lake Estates, TX18 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Siesta Shores, TX19 miles south of the fire’s origin
- El Cenizo, TX22 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
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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 August 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM CDT. Identifier 2025-TXTXS-254125.