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Automated summary generated: Oct 18, 2026 21:05 UTC. It may lag behind the report and is not an official alert.
The Stracener wildfire was discovered on October 15, 2026, near latitude 31.2369 and longitude -92.6970 in Rapides County, Louisiana. The United States Forest Service is the jurisdictional agency, and the cause remains undetermined. As of the latest report on October 18, 2026, the fire has burned 75 acres with no containment achieved. No personnel, cost estimates, or fire behavior details have been released, so the situation remains largely unknown beyond the initial acreage.
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NIFC fire information and official resources βIRWIN ID: {477CCE48-53F3-41F7-860B-84F29ADF021D}
Discovered: Oct 15, 2026
Cause: Undetermined
Managing Agency: USFS
Coordinates: 31.2369, -92.697
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The Stracener Fire has burned 75 acres as of October 18, 2026.
Containment has not been officially reported for the Stracener Fire.
The official cause has been listed as: Undetermined.
The Stracener Fire is burning in Rapides, LA.
The Stracener Fire currently meets our U.S. incident tracking criteria. This does not confirm current fire behavior.
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