Wayne County, Mississippi · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size |
1 acres Aug 18, 4:01 PM
|
20 acres
Aug 18, 6:00 PM
+19 acres
was 1 acres · Aug 18, 4:01 PM
|
+19 acres
in about 2 hours
|
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Cary Creek Fire is a wildfire near Wayne County, Mississippi. It has burned about 20 acres (about 15 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported today.
The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, August 18th at 5:01 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
This Afternoon
100°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Wind 5 mph W · 61% chance of rain
Tonight
75°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Mostly Cloudy
Wind 0 to 5 mph SW · 61% chance of rain
Wednesday
97°F · Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 mph W · 33% chance of rain
Wednesday Night
75°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 0 to 5 mph SW · 33% chance of rain
Thursday
98°F · Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 mph W · 34% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, August 18th at 5:07 p.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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