"The Humming fire grew rapidly from 100 to 200 acres within a few hours, requiring significant firefighting resources and demonstrating a swift containment response that brought the blaze to 100% containment within the same day."
The Humming wildfire, located in Briscoe County, Texas, was discovered on September 5, 2026, at 00:14:53. The incident, classified as natural and under the jurisdiction of the SFS, began with 100 acres and 0% containment. By 13:20:04 the fire was still 100 acres but had begun to exhibit moderate behavior. At 15:20:07 the blaze expanded to 200 acres and containment reached 30%. Later that day, containment improved to 65% while the area remained 200 acres. By 20:20:05 the fire had contracted to 86 acres with 75% containment, and the next update at 21:40:04 showed 75 acres and 90% containment. The final report at 23:20:05 confirmed the fire was fully contained at 75 acres.
Moderate
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IRWIN ID: {0CA0C94A-4DD3-42CF-8AAF-44D5826159A0}
Discovered: Sep 5, 2026
Cause: Natural
Managing Agency: SFS
Coordinates: 34.6988, -101.2602
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The Humming Fire has burned 75 acres as of September 5, 2026.
Yes, the Humming Fire is fully contained (100%).
The official cause has been listed as: Natural.
The Humming Fire is burning in Briscoe, TX.
The Humming Fire is no longer in our filtered incident feed. This alone does not confirm extinguishment.
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