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Massachusetts Wildfires: Live Fire Map

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Active fires
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Acres
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Under 50% contained
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Air quality · good statewide
Current situation

Massachusetts

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
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New fires (48h)
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Dispatch reports (24h)
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NWS alerts
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Massachusetts currently has 3 active wildfires burning a combined 0 acres. The biggest is the Cape Cod Canal fire in Barnstable County at 0 acres. 2 new fires have been discovered in the past 48 hours.
The National Weather Service has 2 Wind Advisories and 1 High Wind Warning in effect covering parts of the state. Air quality is good across all 26 monitoring stations in the state right now (typical AQI 31, peak 43).
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Bold outline: Massachusetts boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

Evacuation status in Massachusetts

Massachusetts 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.

3 active weather alerts
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

Central Middlesex County; Western Essex; Southern Worcester; Western Norfolk; Southeast Middlesex; Northern Bristol; Western Plymouth; Northwest Providence

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

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

Eastern Essex; Suffolk; Eastern Norfolk; Eastern Plymouth; Southern Bristol; Southern Plymouth; Barnstable; Dukes; Nantucket; Bristol; Washington; Newport; Bloc…

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

57% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026816 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)1.4K acres

So far in 2026, 816 acres have burned in Massachusetts, 57% of the 1.4K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Massachusetts

Wildfire history in Massachusetts

All reported wildfires since 2015, NIFC interagency records.

2024
Worst year · 4,603 acres
508
Fires / year · average
5,591
Total fires · since 2015
Acres burned by year
4,603
2,302
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Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
274
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March through May account for 52% of the acreage burned in Massachusetts in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.

Fires recorded by year
6531.3K2015: 4 fires20152016: 5 fires2017: 1 fires20172019: 1 fires2020: 5 fires20202021: 8 fires2022: 1.2K fires20222023: 1.2K fires2024: 1.3K fires20242025: 1.2K fires2026: 723 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Massachusetts averaged 1,867 acres burned and 1,113 fires per year. That is 451% up in acreage and 27735% up in fire count versus the 2015–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Wildfire history near you

How close have major wildfires come to your home in Massachusetts? 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 Massachusetts

  • The Range2005800 acres
  • Oscar Range2008700 acres
  • Delta2006650 acres
  • Curry Range Fire2007450 acres
  • Zulu Range Fire2015344 acres

Fires near a city in Massachusetts

Boston

Nearby states

California (200)Texas (112)Oregon (80)New Mexico (77)Oklahoma (62)Montana (59)