Old Sawmill Road Fire
The Old Sawmill Road Fire was reported on March 28, 2026 in Bell County, Kentucky and burned 150 acres. It was fully contained on March 29, 2026.
- Size
- 150 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 28, 2026
- Personnel
- 17
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 36.642, -83.705.
The incident
- Size
- 150 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 28, 2026 at 2:27 PM EDT
- Contained
- March 29, 2026 at 7:55 PM EDT
- Controlled
- March 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 2 Miles N from Middlesboro, KY
- County
- Bell County
- State
- Kentucky
- Nearest city reported
- Middlesboro
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Jurisdiction
- DVF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 17
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $48,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-KYKYS-260131697
- IRWIN identifier
- 3F4534F1-E5AE-41F0-83FA-520AFC8E2727
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Middlesboro, KY covers the area today.
Nearby
- Middlesboro, KY2 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Harrogate, TN5 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Pineville, KY8 miles north of the fire’s origin
- New Tazewell, TN15 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Tazewell, TN15 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Speedwell, TN16 miles southwest 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 May 7, 2026 at 9:22 AM EDT. Identifier 2026-KYKYS-260131697.