The Palouse River fire, spanning 637 acres in Whitman, Washington, is 80 percent contained. Homes in the affected area face fire damage risk as containment efforts continue.
Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 637 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Began
- Status
- Ongoing
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NASA EONET (Whitman, Washington), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
Interactive affected-area map
Whitman, Washington · ≈ 1 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
Official size & containment
Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.
- 637 acres ±0 100% contained
- 637 acres ±0 80% contained
- 637 acres 40% contained
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Incident update InciWeb
Palouse River Fire
Palouse River Fire: Start date 08/08/2026 at approximately 1700. Acres - approximately 600 Structures lost - 2 Personnel - approximately 30Containment - 0%Evacuations - at 0900 today 8/9/26Palouse River will go from a level 3 "Go Now" to a level 2 "Set Be Prepared to Leave" Fire crews will be concentrating on an extended attack strategy with air support and strike teams (which include fire engines, hand crews, and brush trucks). Community, life, agriculture, and structure protection are the primary goals for today's fire suppression activities
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.