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Live wildfire API active incidents, US.

Active US wildfire incidents from NIFC — acreage, containment and location, updated continuously.

The call

Keyless over MCP, or one REST call with a free key. Every datapoint is provenance-stamped and citeable.

# REST (free key)
curl -H "X-API-Key: $KEY" "https://dynamicfeed.ai/wildfires"

# MCP (keyless) — point any client at https://dynamicfeed.ai/mcp, then call:
wildfires()

Sample response

{ "name": "Example Fire", "acres": 12400, "contained_pct": 35,
  "state": "CA", "observed_at": "2026-06-03T08:00:00Z" }

Why live data

Wildfire status changes hourly and is never in training data. This serves active incidents so disaster and risk agents work from current ground truth.

Use it for

Get a free API key See it live API docs

FAQ

Source?

The US National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), public data.

Combine with air quality?

Yes — pair with the air-quality and weather feeds.

Keyless?

MCP is keyless; REST uses a free key.

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