Three Queens Fire
Active
Kittitas County, Washington · Discovered July 16, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 16 hours ago · Perimeter mapped 16 hours ago (NIFC WFIGS)
Three Queens Fire
The Three Queens Fire fire has burned 9,551 acres in Kittitas County, Washington. Crews have reached 31% containment. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Wind at the fire is blowing 2 mph toward the N, with gusts to 16 mph. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 7). 129 personnel are assigned to the incident.
Latest official update
August 8, 2026Three Queens Facebook The Three Queens Fire is located on Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest, six miles east of Snoqualmie Pass, in Kittitas County.The Three Queens fire is burning primarily in high elevation subalpine fir stringers above Lake Kachess.This mountainous region also exhibits extreme slopes, unstable terrain and rolling material. With increased containment and reduction in fire activity, the focus of the local T3 team currently managing the fires is repair of roads and dozer/ handlines built to suppress the fire.THERE IS A CURRENT FOREST CLOSURE IN EFFECT. For the complete…
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Incident timeline
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Firefighting aircraft on scene (N565E)
2 days ago · September 23, 2026Containment rose to 31%
4 days ago · September 21, 2026New perimeter mapped at 9,555 acres (national perimeter feed)
10 days ago · September 16, 2026Containment rose to 20%
13 days ago · September 13, 2026Grew 152 acres in 7 days to 9,501 acres
17 days ago · September 8, 2026Containment rose to 11%
20 days ago · September 6, 2026Grew 356 acres in 23 hours to 9,349 acres
24 days ago · September 2, 2026Grew 251 acres in 24 hours to 8,993 acres
25 days ago · September 1, 2026Grew 146 acres in 23 hours to 8,742 acres
26 days ago · August 31, 2026Grew 100 acres in 24 hours to 8,596 acres
27 days ago · August 30, 2026Grew 247 acres in 24 hours to 8,496 acres
28 days ago · August 29, 2026Containment dropped to 5% (from 13%)
29 days ago · August 28, 2026Grew 491 acres in 26 hours to 8,249 acres
29 days ago · August 28, 2026Grew 473 acres in 23 hours to 7,758 acres
30 days ago · August 27, 2026Grew 317 acres in 23 hours to 7,285 acres
31 days ago · August 26, 2026Grew 263 acres in 24 hours to 6,968 acres
32 days ago · August 25, 2026Official update: WAOWF Goat Fire
32 days ago · August 24, 2026Containment rose to 13%
33 days ago · August 24, 2026Grew 326 acres in 27 hours to 6,705 acres
33 days ago · August 24, 2026Grew 2,586 acres in 3 days to 6,379 acres
34 days ago · August 23, 2026Official update: WAOWF King Fire
35 days ago · August 22, 2026Grew 157 acres in 48 hours to 3,793 acres
37 days ago · August 20, 2026Grew 102 acres in 4 days to 3,636 acres
39 days ago · August 18, 2026Grew 229 acres in 24 hours to 3,534 acres
43 days ago · August 14, 2026Mapped size revised down to 3,305 acres (from 4,148)
44 days ago · August 13, 2026Grew 1,670 acres in 11 hours to 4,148 acres
45 days ago · August 12, 2026Fire first reported in official feeds at 2,478 acres
46 days ago · August 11, 2026Official update: WAOWF Three Queens
49 days ago · August 8, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 9/24/2026, 12:50:23 AM | 9,551 acres | 31% |
| 9/21/2026, 11:13:46 PM | 9,572 acres | 31% |
| 9/20/2026, 12:49:23 AM | 9,566 acres | 23% |
| 9/18/2026, 1:54:37 AM | 9,562 acres | 23% |
| 9/17/2026, 3:01:47 AM | 9,558 acres | 23% |
| 9/16/2026, 2:16:17 AM | 9,555 acres | 20% |
| 9/13/2026, 12:16:50 AM | 9,527 acres | 20% |
| 9/12/2026, 2:22:25 AM | 9,527 acres | 14% |
| 9/11/2026, 1:02:17 AM | 9,518 acres | 14% |
| 9/10/2026, 2:11:28 AM | 9,518 acres | 13% |
| 9/8/2026, 10:26:27 PM | 9,501 acres | 13% |
| 9/8/2026, 12:41:12 AM | 9,444 acres | 12% |
| 9/6/2026, 1:45:40 AM | 9,444 acres | 11% |
| 9/3/2026, 12:44:53 AM | 9,364 acres | 8% |
| 9/2/2026, 1:18:02 AM | 9,349 acres | 8% |
| 9/1/2026, 2:01:20 AM | 8,993 acres | 5% |
| 8/31/2026, 1:59:00 AM | 8,742 acres | 5% |
| 8/30/2026, 3:08:07 AM | 8,596 acres | 5% |
| 8/29/2026, 2:41:02 AM | 8,496 acres | 5% |
| 8/28/2026, 2:55:49 AM | 8,249 acres | 5% |
Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.
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