Bunker Fire
The Bunker Fire was reported on September 14, 2026 in Calhoun County, Arkansas and has burned 2,849 acres. It is 75 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,849 acres
- Contained
- 75%
- Discovered
- September 14, 2026
- Personnel
- 39
Map
Perimeter mapped September 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM CDT, 1 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 33.574, -92.586.
The incident
- Size
- 2,849 acres
- Containment
- 75%
- Discovered
- September 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined, Undetermined (remarks required), Not investigated
- Location
- 2 Miles E from East Camden, AR
- County
- Calhoun County
- State
- Arkansas
- Nearest city reported
- East Camden
- Protecting agency
- FC
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 39
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-ARARS-100236
- IRWIN identifier
- 542AE118-1613-43C6-8216-EBF4DDE89868
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 5 mph from the south-southwest
- Relative humidity as low as 37%
- High of 97°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 medium smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Sun, 7:00 AM CDT to Sun, 10:00 AM CDT).
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 2.2 µg/m³ around Mon, 9:00 PM CDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
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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 18, 2026 at 8:52 AM CDT. Identifier 2026-ARARS-100236.