Lajas County, Puerto Rico · Wildfire
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The Paris Fire is a wildfire near Lajas County, Puerto Rico. It has burned about 10 acres (about 8 football fields). It was first reported 3 days ago. We're also tracking 1 other active fire within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Monday, July 20th at 6:48 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.
Today
92°F · Haze then Chance Rain Showers
Wind 6 to 10 mph ESE · 60% chance of rain
Tonight
72°F · Chance Rain Showers then Partly Cloudy
Wind 3 to 7 mph ENE · 60% chance of rain
Tuesday
93°F · Mostly Sunny then Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 2 to 8 mph SSE · 50% chance of rain
Tuesday Night
73°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 5 mph E · 1% chance of rain
Wednesday
93°F · Isolated Rain Showers
Wind 3 to 15 mph ESE · 20% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Monday, July 20th at 8:05 a.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:
Within about 75 miles we're tracking 1 other active fire, closest first:
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