---
title: "Active California wildfires, flagged when close to a major highway."
method: GET
path: "/v1/tools/get_wildfires"
---

# Active California wildfires, flagged when close to a major highway.

`GET /v1/tools/get_wildfires`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://mcp.commutescout.com`
- URL: `https://mcp.commutescout.com/v1/tools/get_wildfires`
- Auth: one of:
  - none
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`
  - HTTP bearer

Active California wildfires, flagged when close to a major highway.

    Data: the interagency WFIGS current-wildfire feed (NIFC) - name, size in
    acres, percent contained, discovery date. Points are each fire's ORIGIN,
    not its perimeter: a large fire can affect roads far from this point.
    Refresh: 5-minute cache; size/containment typically update once or twice
    a day. Small, fast-moving local fires may appear in CHP incident logs
    (get_incidents, type "FIRE-Report of Fire") before this feed has them.

    Filters:
    - near_route (e.g. "I-5", "101") - only fires within ~10 miles of that
      highway's corridor line.
    - center "lat,lon" with radius_km - fires around a place, regardless of
      highway.
    Without either, every active CA fire is returned, each carrying a
    `near_highways` list of major corridors within ~10 miles (empty = not
    near a covered major highway; it may still affect local roads).

    This tool does NOT know about road closures caused by fires - cross-check
    get_incidents and get_lane_closures for the affected area.

## Query parameters

- `near_route` string
- `center` string
- `radius_km` number

## Response `200`

The tool's result.

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: A parameter is missing, unknown or malformed.
- `401`: The API key is unknown or revoked.
- `429`: Slow down; Retry-After says how long.

---

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