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October 4, 2022 - Six new large fires were reported yesterday, two in Louisiana, and one each in Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas. Seventy-four large fires have burned 782,017 
acres in nine states.
On October 2, a member of the Purdum Volunteer Fire Department suffered a medical emergency while responding to the Bovee fire outside of Halsey, Nebraska and passed away. The firefighting community extends its condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
Two Type 1 incident management teams (IMTs) are in Florida to support response and search and rescue efforts after Hurricane Ian. Type 1, Type 2 and complex IMTS are also supporting wildland fire suppression efforts in Northern California, Northwest, Rocky Mountain and Great Basin areas.
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A cold front will push south and east through the central Plains into the southern Plains. Dry and breezy southerly winds will develop across portions of the southern and central Plains into Iowa ahead of the cold front, and isolated to scattered thunderstorms are likely along and ahead of the cold front extending from Minnesota through the Southwest, with the greatest coverage of thunderstorms in portions of the Southwest. Low relative humidity of 12-30% will develop from the southern Great Lakes to the central Gulf Coast and central Texas, but winds should remain light. Warm and dry conditions will continue in California, the western and northern Great Basin, and the Inland Northwest, while rain will continue along coastal portions of the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
6 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
74 | |
| Acres from active fires | 782,017 | |
| Fires contained | 3 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2022 (1/1/22-10/04/22) | Fires: 54,533 | Acres: 6,927,083 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-10/04/21) | Fires: 46,542 | Acres: 6,396,813 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-10/04/20) | Fires: 44,714 | Acres: 7,818,340 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-10/04/19) | Fires: 41,403 | Acres: 7,387,943 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-10/04/18) | Fires: 47,853 | Acres: 7,741,080 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-10/04/17) | Fires: 50,173 | Acres: 8,439,000 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-10/04/16) | Fires: 45,904 | Acres: 4,808,665 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-10/04/15) | Fires: 50,417 | Acres: 9,096,950 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-10/04/14) | Fires: 41,463 | Acres: 3,063,100 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-10/04/13) | Fires: 39,394 | Acres: 4,159,011 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-10/04/12) | Fires: 49,072 | Acres: 8,828,875 |
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 45,561 | Acres: 6,408,069 |
Source: NIFC
