This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
The Railroad fire burned 8,216 acres in Grant, Washington, before reaching full containment. Homes in the area faced direct fire damage during the incident.
Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 8,216 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Cause
- Human
- Began
- Status
- Inactive
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NASA EONET (Grant, 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
Grant, Washington · ≈ 13 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
2026-07-30 18:03 UTC · ≈ 13 sq mi · snapshot 8 of 8
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Official size & containment
Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.
- 8,216 acres ±0 100% contained
- 8,216 acres ±0 100% contained
- 8,216 acres ±0 100% contained
- 8,216 acres ±0 100% contained
- 8,216 acres ±0 98% contained
- 8,216 acres ±0 98% contained
- 8,216 acres −164 90% contained
- 8,380 acres +2,938 35% contained
Show 7 earlier observations
- 5,442 acres +4,039 0% contained
- 1,403 acres ±0 0% contained
- 1,403 acres +743 0% contained
- 660 acres ±0 0% contained
- 660 acres −743 0% contained
- 1,403 acres +743 0% contained
- 660 acres
Shown as reported by our sources — not an official product. For current advisories and the authoritative map, see NASA EONET ↗.
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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.
- Forecast discussion NWS OTX
Area Forecast Discussion
Critical fire weather conditions expected Saturday across the Inland Northwest with gusty winds, scattered thunderstorms, and low humidity.
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000 FXUS66 KOTX 221646 AFDOTX
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Spokane WA 946 AM PDT Sat Aug 22 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
- A Heat Advisory has been extended for Northeastern WA and North Idaho for Saturday.
- Saturday will bring critical fire weather conditions across the Inland Northwest due to a combination of isolated to scattered thunderstorms producing gusty outflow winds, along with breezy winds and low relative humidity.
- Patchy blowing dust is possible Saturday in the Western Columbia Basin.
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.SYNOPSIS... A weather system passing through on Saturday will bring critical fire weather conditions across the Inland Northwest. This is due to a combination of isolated to scattered thunderstorms producing gusty outflow winds, along with breezy winds and low relative humidity. Sunday will remain breezy and dry, but cooler. Temperatures will warm again at the start of next week with breezy conditions returning by the middle of next week.
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.DISCUSSION... Today: A deep low begins its migration into the region. Midlevel moisture is streaming inland ahead of the low bringing heavy mid and high level clouds along with sprinkles and light showers. There has been…
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