The Nine Canyon fire in Benton, Washington began on July 11, 2026, and has burned 600 acres. Homes in the area face potential exposure to direct fire damage.
Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 600 acres
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Began
- Status
- Ongoing
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Affected area map
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Benton, Washington · ≈ 1.5 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.
- 600 acres ±0
- 600 acres
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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.
- Fire weather NWS PDT
Fire Weather / Red Flag
Breezy westerly winds and very low humidity create critical fire weather conditions in the Lower Columbia Basin until 11 PM PDT this evening.
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000 WWUS86 KPDT 082148 RFWPDT
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 248 PM PDT Sat Aug 8 2026
...BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH THE CASCADE GAPS AND INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN...
.Breezy westerly winds through the Cascade gaps will likely (80% chance) overlap with low relative humidity and generate Red Flag conditions continue this afternoon and evening.
ORZ691-WAZ691-090600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-260809T0600Z/ Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon-Lower Columbia Basin of Washington- 248 PM PDT Sat Aug 8 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR691 AND WA691...
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon and 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Washington.
* TIMING...Until 11 PM PDT this evening.
* WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 16 percent.
* IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions…
- Federal declaration FEMA
Emergency declaration: WILDFIRES (Washington)
FEMA EM-3650 — Fire, declared 2026-08-03.
- News Tri-City Herald
Nearly 50 homes evacuated by wind-driven fire on hills south of Tri-Cities
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.