Bug Fire
The Bug Fire was reported on August 8, 2026 in Lassen County, California and burned 93,733 acres. It was fully contained on August 27, 2026. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 93,733 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 8, 2026
- Personnel
- 1
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped August 17, 2026 at 12:14 PM PDT, 93,733 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.728, -120.038.
The incident
- Size
- 93,733 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 4 Miles NW from Cold Springs, NV
- County
- Lassen County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Cold Springs
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $23,813,485
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NVCCD-030683
- IRWIN identifier
- 286B7F1D-8945-4A5D-9D81-5235C18AF1FE
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 9, 2026 (11,404 acres) to August 23, 2026 (93,733 acres). The largest one-day growth was 45,123 acres, mapped August 11, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2026 | 11,404 | |
| August 10, 2026 | 16,680 | +5,276 |
| August 11, 2026 | 61,803 | +45,123 |
| August 12, 2026 | 70,758 | +8,955 |
| August 13, 2026 | 89,620 | +18,862 |
| August 14, 2026 | 91,125 | +1,505 |
| August 15, 2026 | 93,847 | +2,722 |
| August 16, 2026 | 93,733 | -114 |
| August 18, 2026 | 93,733 | 0 |
| August 23, 2026 | 93,733 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cold Springs, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Cold Springs, NV5 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Lemmon Valley, NV12 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Golden Valley, NV14 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Verdi, NV15 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Mogul, NV16 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Sun Valley, NV17 miles southeast 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 28, 2026 at 10:26 AM PDT. Identifier 2026-NVCCD-030683.