Romero Fire
The Romero Fire was reported on June 28, 2026 in Modoc County, California and burned 699 acres. It was fully contained on June 29, 2026.
- Size
- 699 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 28, 2026
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeter mapped June 29, 2026 at 12:22 PM PDT, 699 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 41.286, -120.503.
The incident
- Size
- 699 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 28, 2026 at 4:36 PM PDT
- Contained
- June 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 5 Miles SE from Likely, CA
- County
- Modoc County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Likely
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CANOD-003963
- IRWIN identifier
- 7F35CE16-9246-4FF1-9E0E-73BFF12CADBF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for California Pines, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- California Pines, CA13 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Alturas, CA14 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Susanville, CA61 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Johnstonville, CA62 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Lakeview, OR63 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Burney, CA66 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 June 30, 2026 at 8:01 AM PDT. Identifier 2026-CANOD-003963.