Labor Day Fire

Bent County, Colorado · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Sep 8, 2026 (about 18 hours ago)

First reported yesterday

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	70 acres Sep 8, 11:00 AM	50 acres Sep 9, 5:00 AM −20 acres was 70 acres · Sep 8, 11:00 AM	−20 acres in about 18 hours
Containment	—	—	—
Crew size	—	—	—
Money spent	—	—	—

Labor Day Fire summary

The Labor Day Fire is a wildfire near Bent County, Colorado. It has burned about 50 acres (about 38 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday.

Size: 50 acres
Containment: Not yet reported
Discovered: September 8, 2026 (first reported yesterday)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, September 9th at 5:00 a.m. CDT.

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.

Overnight

63°F · Partly Cloudy

Wind 5 mph WNW · 2% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Wednesday

90°F · Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 5 to 15 mph N · 13% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Dry

Wednesday Night

61°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Wind 5 to 15 mph E · 59% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely

Thursday

86°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Sunny

Wind 5 to 15 mph ESE · 22% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Some rain

Thursday Night

61°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 10 to 15 mph SSE · 3% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, September 9th at 5:02 a.m. CDT.

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Who's on it

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.

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 Labor Day Fire

No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.

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