Red Fire
The Red Fire was reported on June 19, 2025 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 14,526 acres. It was declared out on September 2, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 14,526 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 19, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped September 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM AKDT, 14,526 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 66.363, -153.953.
The incident
- Size
- 14,526 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 23 Miles NE from Hughes, AK
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-AKTAD-000219
- IRWIN identifier
- A871E713-D7B8-463E-A6DC-269F60FF0041
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 22, 2025 (218 acres) to September 12, 2025 (14,526 acres). The largest one-day growth was 4,835 acres, mapped July 14, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 22, 2025 | 218 | |
| June 28, 2025 | 228 | +10 |
| June 30, 2025 | 298 | +70 |
| July 2, 2025 | 316 | +18 |
| July 7, 2025 | 337 | +21 |
| July 8, 2025 | 479 | +142 |
| July 9, 2025 | 624 | +145 |
| July 12, 2025 | 1,040 | +416 |
| July 13, 2025 | 2,660 | +1,620 |
| July 14, 2025 | 7,495 | +4,835 |
| July 15, 2025 | 9,174 | +1,679 |
| July 18, 2025 | 9,620 | +446 |
| July 20, 2025 | 14,376 | +4,756 |
| July 27, 2025 | 14,527 | +151 |
| September 12, 2025 | 14,526 | -1 |
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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 September 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM AKDT. Identifier 2025-AKTAD-000219.