Bunker Fire, Arkansas

The Bunker Fire burned in Calhoun County, Arkansas, about 2 miles (3 km) east of East Camden, Arkansas. NASA began tracking it on September 15, 2026. Its latest size is 2,338 acres (946 hectares, 9 km²), about 16 percent the size of Manhattan, or about 1,771 American football fields. NASA stopped tracking it after September 15.
Seen from space


True color from the VIIRS instrument on the NOAA-20 satellite. Red dots are fires detected by their heat; smoke shows as gray-brown haze. The ring marks where the event was reported. Pictures: NASA Worldview (GIBS) from the daily satellite passes; clouds can hide the ground on some days.
Did you know?
The fire triangle. Fire needs heat, fuel and oxygen. Firefighters work by taking away at least one of the three.
Fire size and location from NASA EONET and the National Interagency Fire Center’s incident records (IRWIN, WFIGS). For evacuations and closures, follow local officials and InciWeb.
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