Hwy 41 Fire

Miami-Dade County, Florida · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Aug 26, 2026 (21 days ago)

First reported about 5 months ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	—	9,149 acres Sep 16, 4:00 AM	—
Containment	—	100% Sep 16, 4:00 AM	—
Crew size	—	14 Sep 16, 4:00 AM	—
Money spent	—	$2.2M Sep 16, 4:00 AM	—

Hwy 41 Fire summary

The Hwy 41 Fire is a wildfire near Miami-Dade County, Florida. It has burned about 9,149 acres (about 7,000 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 5 months ago. About 14 people are on it, run by a Type 4 IC.

Size: 9,149 acres
Containment: 100%
Discovered: April 27, 2026 (first reported about 5 months ago)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Monday, September 7th at 5:00 p.m. CDT.

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Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

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.

Labor Day

92°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Wind 6 mph SW · 64% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Hot Rain likely

Tonight

76°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Partly Cloudy

Wind 3 mph SW · 67% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Rain likely

Tuesday

92°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Wind 1 to 6 mph S · 57% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Hot Rain likely

Tuesday Night

77°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 5 mph E · 47% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Some rain

Wednesday

92°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 3 to 10 mph E · 52% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Rain likely

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Monday, September 7th at 5:01 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 14 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 4 IC. The government rates it a Type 4 Incident. About $2 million has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.

Where to get live updates

We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:

→ Watch Duty: real-time fire reporting and evacuations.
→ InciWeb: the government's official fire information site.

Nearby fires to Hwy 41 Fire

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