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Connecticut Wildfires: Live Fire Map

AQI 28Good air quality statewide
Current situation

Connecticut

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
0
New fires (48h)
0
Dispatch reports (24h)
0
NWS alerts
4
No active wildfires are currently reported in Connecticut. Conditions can change quickly during fire season, so the live map above stays current if anything ignites.
The National Weather Service has 4 Wind Advisories in effect covering parts of the state. Air quality is good across all 15 monitoring stations in the state right now (typical AQI 28, peak 41).
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No active fires in Connecticut right now.

Bold outline: Connecticut boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

Evacuation status in Connecticut

Connecticut does not publish a live, zone-level evacuation feed yet, so we cannot confirm evacuation status here either way. During an active fire, check the official emergency links in the resources section below; that is where evacuation notices are posted first.

4 active weather alerts
Wind Advisoryuntil Sep 26, 10:00 PM

Wind Advisory issued September 26 at 4:40AM EDT until September 27 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Upton NY

Northern Fairfield; Northern New Haven; Eastern Passaic; Hudson; Western Bergen; Eastern Bergen; Western Essex; Eastern Essex; Western Union; Eastern Union; Roc…

See active alerts at weather.gov
Wind Advisoryuntil Sep 26, 10:00 PM

Wind Advisory issued September 26 at 4:40AM EDT until September 27 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Upton NY

Northern Middlesex; Northern New London; Southern Fairfield; Southern New Haven; Southern Middlesex; Southern New London; Southern Westchester; New York (Manhat…

See active alerts at weather.gov
Wind Advisoryuntil Sep 26, 9:00 PM

Wind Advisory issued September 26 at 2:53AM EDT until September 27 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Albany NY

Northern Litchfield; Southern Litchfield

See active alerts at weather.gov
Wind Advisoryuntil Sep 26, 7:15 PM

Wind Advisory issued September 26 at 2:03AM EDT until September 27 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA

Hartford; Tolland; Windham; Northern Worcester; Eastern Hampden; Northwest Middlesex County

See active alerts at weather.gov

Source: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.

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This season vs the last decade

0% of an average year
Burning right now0 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)209 acres

Fires currently burning in Connecticut cover 0 acres. From 2016 to 2025, an average full year burned 209 acres here.

Active fires in Connecticut

No active wildfires reported right now.

Wildfire history in Connecticut

All reported wildfires since 2016, NIFC interagency records.

2016
Worst year · 404 acres
2
Fires / year · average
8
Total fires · since 2016
Acres burned by year
404
202
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Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
32
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April and May account for 51% of the acreage burned in Connecticut in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.

Fires recorded by year
232016: 3 fires20162017: 1 fires20172022: 1 fires20222024: 2 fires20242025: 1 fires2025

Wildfire history near you

How close have major wildfires come to your home in Connecticut? Search any US or Canadian address to see the largest fires on record nearby, with size, year, and impact, on a radius map.

Largest fires on record in Connecticut

  • Greer Rd.20081,300 acres
  • Kent Fire2001570 acres
  • Flat Rock2016381 acres
  • Schaghticoke Fire2017147 acres
  • Hancock Brook2010137 acres

Nearby states

California (200)Texas (114)Oregon (80)New Mexico (77)Oklahoma (64)Montana (59)