Blue Lake Fire
The Blue Lake Fire was reported on September 13, 2026 in Indian River County, Florida and burned 950 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 950 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 13, 2026
- Personnel
- 4
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 27.743, -80.717.
The incident
- Size
- 950 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 5 Miles W from FELLSMERE, FL
- County
- Indian River County
- State
- Florida
- Nearest city reported
- FELLSMERE
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Land ownership at origin
- OthLoca
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-FLFLS-1600755
- IRWIN identifier
- AFDA8CA4-1091-4789-98D9-E84910FAE292
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 5 mph from the east-northeast
- Relative humidity as low as 72%
- High of 86°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.
No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts drew light smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Tue, 9:00 AM EDT to Tue, 11:00 AM EDT).
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.2 µg/m³ around Tue, 4:00 PM EDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Fellsmere, FL7 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Roseland, FL15 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Sebastian, FL16 miles east of the fire’s origin
- West Vero Corridor, FL16 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Grant-Valkaria, FL16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Micco, FL16 miles northeast 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 17, 2026 at 1:17 PM EDT. Identifier 2026-FLFLS-1600755.