Horse Fire
The Horse Fire was reported on September 22, 2026 in Lajas County, Puerto Rico and has burned 97 acres.
- Size
- 97 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 22, 2026
Map
Perimeter mapped September 22, 2026 at 11:05 AM MDT, 97 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 17.991, -67.046.
The incident
- Size
- 97 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 22, 2026 at 10:59 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Lajas County
- State
- Puerto Rico
- Protecting agency
- USFWS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-PRCBR-002772
- IRWIN identifier
- 68283E6E-6298-4C38-9CF1-BEF4AD459031
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 15 mph from the east-southeast
- Relative humidity as low as 55%
- High of 92°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 have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0 µg/m³ around Tue, 10:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.
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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 22, 2026 at 1:54 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-PRCBR-002772.