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Fires Near Pittsburgh, PA

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

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Live risk assessment for Pittsburgh, PA

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Fire activity exists in the wider area but poses no immediate threat to this location. Check back daily while fires remain active.

  • No active fires within 50 miles, no fire weather alerts, and clean air right now.
There is currently 1 active fire within 300 miles of Pittsburgh, PA. None are inside Pittsburgh city limits. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Pittsburgh, PA in the past 12 hours.
The National Weather Service has 2 Wind Advisories in effect covering the surrounding area. Air quality measured at the Lawrenceville monitor 3 miles away is good (AQI 28).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 26 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 8 miles away, that do not match any officially reported fire. Detections like this are often the first public sign of a new ignition, though they can also be industrial heat or agricultural burning. Turn on the Satellite heat layer on the map below and check back over the next few hours.

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

Evacuation status

Pennsylvania 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

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

Wind Advisory issued September 26 at 4:08AM EDT until September 27 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

New Castle; Kent; Somerset; Middlesex; Mercer; Salem; Gloucester; Camden; Northwestern Burlington; Cumberland; Delaware; Philadelphia; Eastern Montgomery; Lower…

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

Wind Advisory issued September 26 at 4:08AM EDT until September 27 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

Morris; Hunterdon; Western Chester; Eastern Chester; Western Montgomery; Upper Bucks

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
Burned so far in 20260 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)0 acres

So far in 2026, 0 acres have burned within 25 miles of Pittsburgh, 0% of the 0 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Pittsburgh, PA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Historic fires near Pittsburgh

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Bear Den
2014
888 acres · 82 mi away
Woodruff
2009
780 acres · 94 mi away

Wildfire history near you

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