Rita Fire
The Rita Fire was reported on September 4, 2026 in Cameron County, Louisiana and burned 404 acres. It was declared out on September 5, 2026.
- Size
- 404 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 4, 2026
- Personnel
- 6
Map
Perimeter mapped September 5, 2026 at 1:27 PM CDT, 0 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 29.863, -93.499.
The incident
- Size
- 404 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM CDT
- Contained
- September 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM CDT
- Declared out
- September 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 5 Miles S from Hackberry, LA
- County
- Cameron County
- State
- Louisiana
- Nearest city reported
- HAckberry
- Protecting agency
- USFWS
- Jurisdiction
- USFWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-LASBR-000349
- IRWIN identifier
- BE8CA2F7-7358-4826-B0D9-5FA935DF78DC
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cameron, LA covers the area today.
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 8, 2026 at 8:57 AM CDT. Identifier 2026-LASBR-000349.