Tinker Fire
The Tinker Fire was reported on April 18, 2025 in Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut and burned 200 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 200 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 18, 2025
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped February 4, 2026 at 11:38 AM EST, 123 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 41.445, -72.482.
The incident
- Size
- 200 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 2.5 miles SE of Haddam
- County
- Lower Connecticut River Valley County
- State
- Connecticut
- Nearest city reported
- Haddam
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Jurisdiction
- DVF
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $50,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-CTCTS-061-0001
- IRWIN identifier
- 022A9F9A-A413-4765-AA15-C95C4BF8AE94
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for East Haddam, CT covers the area today.
Nearby
- East Haddam, CT1 mile northeast of the fire’s origin
- Chester Center, CT3 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Moodus, CT4 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Deep River Center, CT5 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Higganum, CT5 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Killingworth, CT7 miles southwest 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 February 4, 2026 at 11:38 AM EST. Identifier 2025-CTCTS-061-0001.