Rose Hill Bay Fire
The Rose Hill Bay Fire was reported on July 8, 2026 in Duplin County, North Carolina and burned 531 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 531 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2026
- Personnel
- 1
Radar
Reflectivity now over Rose Hill Bay Fire. Open it to see fires and the fire weather outlook on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 34.805, -78.066.
The incident
- Size
- 531 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2026 at 11:35 AM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 2 Miles SW from Rose Hill, NC
- County
- Duplin County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Rose Hill
- Protecting agency
- DFR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Closed Timber Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $119,600
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NCNCS-260064
- IRWIN identifier
- C008F9D1-0332-40F7-A936-3A3D485AADDC
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 6 mph from the east
- Relative humidity as low as 49%
- High of 90°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 0.5 µg/m³ around Sun, 7:00 AM EDT 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 17, 2026 at 4:54 PM EDT. Identifier 2026-NCNCS-260064.