Autumn Lane Fire
The Autumn Lane Fire was reported on August 1, 2026 in Spokane County, Washington and burned 5,764 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 5,764 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 1, 2026
- Personnel
- 43
Map
Perimeter mapped August 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM PDT, 5,764 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 47.795, -117.613.
The incident
- Size
- 5,764 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 7 Miles NW from Spokane, WA
- County
- Spokane County
- State
- Washington
- Nearest city reported
- Suncrest
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 43
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $13,071,735
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-WANES-001857
- IRWIN identifier
- 31B18BDA-34D0-4DB5-A865-AE2AC65776BE
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 1, 2026 (792 acres) to August 11, 2026 (5,764 acres). The largest one-day growth was 2,559 acres, mapped August 2, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 1, 2026 | 792 | |
| August 2, 2026 | 3,351 | +2,559 |
| August 3, 2026 | 5,603 | +2,252 |
| August 4, 2026 | 5,869 | +266 |
| August 5, 2026 | 5,805 | -64 |
| August 6, 2026 | 5,738 | -67 |
| August 7, 2026 | 5,783 | +45 |
| August 8, 2026 | 5,783 | 0 |
| August 9, 2026 | 5,764 | -19 |
| August 10, 2026 | 5,764 | 0 |
| August 11, 2026 | 5,764 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fairwood, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fairwood, WA9 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Town and Country, WA10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Country Homes, WA10 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Airway Heights, WA10 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Mead, WA12 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Fairchild Air Force Base, WA12 miles south 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 September 1, 2026 at 12:11 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-WANES-001857.