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Fires Near Bellingham, WA

Live wildfire tracking around Bellingham: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.

24
Fires within 100 mi
48 mi
Nearest fire
0
Weather alerts
28
Air quality · Good

All clear

Live risk assessment for Bellingham, WA

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • A zone about 25 miles away remains under a standing Order from a past incident, last updated by officials on Dec 14; no active fire is nearby, and it does not affect this location.
  • The nearest fire is 48 miles away.

Evacuation status

Bellingham, WA is not inside an active evacuation zone, but a zone is active within 50 miles:

  • Evacuation OrderSumas First Nation - 37005, 36901, 36909, 36919 Kilgard Road25 mi away

Zone status from EmergencyInfoBC, refreshed every 5 minutes; every active zone is also shaded on the map below. Zone codes like Sumas First Nation - 37005, 36901, 36909, 36919 Kilgard Road are the official identifiers county emergency managers use in alerts. Counties only publish a zone once they activate it, so your address shows a zone code here the moment one applies to it.

There are currently 110 active fires within 300 miles of Bellingham, WA, including 2 within 25 miles and 24 within 100 miles. None are inside Bellingham city limits. The most significant is the Little Giant fire, 90 miles away at 172,891 acres, 81% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Bellingham, WA in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Bellingham Pacific monitor is good (AQI 28).

House pin: Bellingham, WA. Bold outline: Bellingham city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

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Fires by distance

City limits
0
no fires
≤ 25 mi
2
6 acres
≤ 50 mi
5
502 acres
≤ 100 mi
24
270K acres
≤ 200 mi
54
662K acres
≤ 300 mi
110
2.2M acres

This season vs the last decade

30% of an average year
Burned so far in 202615 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)50 acres

So far in 2026, 15 acres have burned within 25 miles of Bellingham, 30% of the 50 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Bellingham, WA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Bellingham

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Second Street Fire · Grew 149 acres in 2 hours to 1,149 acres

    14 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  2. Second Street Fire · 4 firefighting aircraft working this fire (S409, S408, S418)

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  3. Nine Canyon Fire · 4 firefighting aircraft working this fire (S409, S408, S418)

    22 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  4. Sisi Fire · Grew 117 acres in 23 hours to 4,275 acres

    39 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  5. Porcupine Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene

    41 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  6. King Fire · Grew 131 acres in 12 days to 3,409 acres

    2 days ago · September 24, 2026

  7. Goat Fire · Containment rose to 85%

    2 days ago · September 24, 2026

  8. Sisi Fire · New perimeter mapped at 4,169 acres (national perimeter feed)

    2 days ago · September 24, 2026

  9. High Lava Fire · Containment rose to 85%

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

  10. Three Queens Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N565E)

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

Historic fires near Bellingham

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Little Giant
2026
172,891 acres · 92 mi away
Diamond Creek
2017
128,272 acres · 94 mi away

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