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Fires Near Boston, MA

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

2
Fires within 100 mi
297 mi
Nearest fire
3
Weather alerts
42
Air quality · Good

All clear

Live risk assessment for Boston, MA

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • No active fires within 50 miles, no fire weather alerts, and clean air right now.
There are currently 6 active fires within 300 miles of Boston, MA, including 2 within 100 miles. None are inside Boston city limits. The most significant is the 310 fire, 297 miles away at 25 acres. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Boston, MA in the past 12 hours.
The National Weather Service has 2 Wind Advisories and 1 High Wind Warning in effect covering the surrounding area. Air quality measured at the Boston - Chinatown monitor is good (AQI 42).

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

Evacuation status

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

Fires by distance

City limits
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no fires
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no fires
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0 acres
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26 acres
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

31% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026107 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)349 acres

So far in 2026, 107 acres have burned within 25 miles of Boston, 31% of the 349 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Boston, MA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Historic fires near Boston

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

The Range
2005
800 acres · 31 mi away
Oscar Range
2008
700 acres · 31 mi away
Delta
2006
650 acres · 43 mi away
Curry Range Fire
2007
450 acres · 43 mi away
Zulu Range Fire
2015
344 acres · 32 mi away
Tekoa Mtn
2010
321 acres · 91 mi away

Wildfire history near you

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