Early Bird Fire, Forrest County, Mississippi

Early Bird Fire summary

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The Early Bird Fire is a wildfire near Forrest County, Mississippi. It has burned about 200 acres (about 152 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday.

Size: 200 acres
Containment: Not yet reported
Discovered: July 21, 2026 (first reported yesterday)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, July 22nd at 10:00 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.

Today

94°F · Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 15 mph NE · 42% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Some rain

Tonight

78°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 5 to 15 mph SE · 54% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Rain likely

Thursday

90°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 10 to 15 mph SE · 65% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Rain likely

Thursday Night

76°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy

Wind 0 to 10 mph S · 42% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Some rain

Friday

93°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 0 to 10 mph S · 35% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Some rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, July 22nd at 10:04 a.m. CDT.

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 Early Bird Fire

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

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