Ruby Fire
The Ruby Fire was reported on July 16, 2026 in Franklin County, Washington and burned 349 acres. It was declared out on July 30, 2026.
- Size
- 349 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2026
- Personnel
- 5
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped July 30, 2026 at 10:38 AM PDT, 333 acres (remote sensing derived). Point of origin 46.405, -118.928.
The incident
- Size
- 349 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 22, 2026 at 12:05 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 30, 2026 at 10:35 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 12 Miles NE from Pasco, WA
- County
- Franklin County
- State
- Washington
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-WASPD-260440
- IRWIN identifier
- 7F0D7422-6760-4B64-B807-6A0DF941DB5A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pasco, WA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Pasco, WA14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Burbank, WA15 miles south of the fire’s origin
- West Pasco, WA16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Kennewick, WA17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Basin City, WA17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Tri-Cities, WA17 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 August 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-WASPD-260440.