Hancock Lower Bay Rd Fire
The Hancock Lower Bay Rd Fire was reported on February 7, 2026 in Hancock County, Mississippi and burned 307 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 307 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 7, 2026
- Personnel
- 8
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 30.238, -89.498.
The incident
- Size
- 307 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM CST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 1 Miles NE from Ansley, MS
- County
- Hancock County
- State
- Mississippi
- Nearest city reported
- Bay St. Louis
- Protecting agency
- FC
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 8
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $61,400
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MSMSS-016481
- IRWIN identifier
- 792F3CA8-7F4D-4188-87A8-E5FB10F3AC91
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pearlington, MS covers the area today.
Nearby
- Pearlington, MS7 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Waveland, MS8 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bay Saint Louis, MS11 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Kiln, MS12 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Diamondhead, MS14 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Pass Christian, MS16 miles east 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 9, 2026 at 7:26 AM CST. Identifier 2026-MSMSS-016481.