New prescribed fire reported in San Bernardino County on April 27

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Started: 16 days ago, 1 a.m. April 27

Initial location: Lytle Creek, San Bernardino County, Calif.

Fire unit: San Bernardino National Forest

Fire type: Prescribed

Fire name: 2026 Lytle Creek Prescribed Burn

A new prescribed burn, called 2026 Lytle Creek Prescribed Burn, was initiated 1 a.m. April 27 in Lytle Creek in San Bernardino County, California.

The prescribed fire has burned 40 acres after being active for 16 days.

Read more on the prescribed fire below and follow later updates for further information.

Background

Yesterday's burn was successful, completing about 40 acres of the intended 74 acres of this phase. Firefighters continue to operate within the prescription working towards the goal.

More reports from InciWeb:

Project overview:

"Fuels crews on the San Bernardino National Forest are implementing prescribed fire operations in Lytle Creek. Work has begun and test fire was successful. Burn will continue as weather conditions allow and will continue for approximately 7 -10 days. Prescribed fires are one of the active forest management tools used to help reduce overgrown vegetation to help protect local communities, infrastructure and natural resources from wildfires. As of April 28th, 2026, 40 acres have been completed, and the remaining portion is being addressed today. Good progress has been made."

Please note that this project overview is an automatically published and unreviewed quote from InciWeb. Therefore it might be incomplete, hard to read or include misspelled words.

Prescribed fire (prescribed burn) is a wildfire prevention method that involves burning an area of land in a controlled manner to minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfires.

Source: InciWeb

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This story was originally published May 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM.