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Harney County, Oregon

Egypt Fire

Burning 22.5 miles north-west of Burns and 22.6 miles north-west of Hines, since Thursday 16 July.

Map of Oregon. The Egypt Fire burns 94 miles from Bend and 109 miles from Baker City, and 194 miles from the state capital, Salem.
The fire sits 94 miles from Bend and 109 miles from Baker City.

4,553

acres burned so far — about 7 square miles

43

days burning so far

82%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 9:37pm today

The Egypt Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 4,553 acres in Harney County, Oregon. The figures below are the official record. A satellite heat map and day-by-day history appear here as soon as detections are attributed to this fire.

82% held

82% of the perimeter is being reported as held.

3people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Natural

is the cause on the official record.

43 days

on record — first written down on Thursday 16 July at 9:31am local time, starting at 0 acres.

Type 3 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

43.727, -119.468lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

No satellite heat has been attributed to this fire yet — either it is too new for a pass to have caught it, or it is too small to register from orbit. Everything above is from the interagency incident record and updates as that record does.