Orange Skies Fire
The Orange Skies Fire was reported on March 10, 2026 in Robeson County, North Carolina and burned 151 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 151 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 10, 2026
- Personnel
- 1
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 34.843, -78.990.
The incident
- Size
- 151 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 10, 2026 at 7:56 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 3 Miles N from Pembroke, NC
- County
- Robeson County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- St. Pauls
- Protecting agency
- DFR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $7,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NCNCS-260023
- IRWIN identifier
- 791C7333-C02F-4F8C-8347-317B34C83BC9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Saint Pauls, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Saint Pauls, NC3 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Hope Mills, NC9 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Red Springs, NC11 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Rockfish, NC11 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lumberton, NC16 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Fayetteville, NC16 miles northeast 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 March 17, 2026 at 10:12 AM EDT. Identifier 2026-NCNCS-260023.