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Automated summary generated: Oct 9, 2026 13:05 UTC. It may lag behind the report and is not an official alert.
The HARFORD wildfire was discovered on 2026-10-04 at 20:52:16 in Riverside County, California, at latitude 33.8123 and longitude -117.3412. The fire cause is undetermined and no jurisdictional agency has been identified. Over the course of the first day, the fire expanded from 15 acres at 21:40 to 54 acres by 23:00, with no containment reported. No personnel, fire behavior, weather conditions, evacuation actions, or cost estimates have been released. The incident remains in the early growth phase with no containment yet.
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NIFC fire information and official resources βIRWIN ID: {95F4DE6A-FF5A-4F53-A04A-93A20066DD82}
Discovered: Oct 4, 2026
Cause: Undetermined
Coordinates: 33.8123, -117.3412
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The HARFORD Fire has burned 54 acres as of October 4, 2026.
Containment has not been officially reported for the HARFORD Fire.
The official cause has been listed as: Undetermined.
The HARFORD Fire is burning in Riverside, CA.
The HARFORD Fire is no longer in our filtered incident feed. This alone does not confirm extinguishment.
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