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Washington Wildfires: Live Fire Map

40
Active fires
621K
Acres
13
Under 50% contained
14
Typical air quality · worst 53 near Seattle-South Park
Current situation

Washington

Elevated activity
Large fires (1K+)
16
New fires (48h)
7
Dispatch reports (24h)
4
Evac zones
0
NWS alerts
0
No evacuation orders or warnings are active in Spokane and Stevens Counties, the state's counties with live zone feeds. Other counties post notices through their own official channels.
Washington currently has 40 active wildfires burning a combined 620,514 acres. 16 of them are large incidents of 1,000+ acres, and 4 of those are still under 50% containment. The biggest is the Little Giant fire in Chelan County at 172,891 acres, 81% contained. 7 new fires have been discovered in the past 48 hours. Dispatch centers have logged 4 new fire reports in Washington in the last 24 hours (2 treated as wildfires, 2 smoke checks), typically minutes after the first 911 call.
No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Typical air quality across the state's 110 monitoring stations is good (AQI 14); the worst reading right now is AQI 53 (moderate) near Seattle-South Park.
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Bold outline: Washington boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

Evacuation status in Washington

No zones are under an evacuation order or warning in Washington right now. Live zone status from SREC 911 (Spokane County) and Stevens County Emergency Management, refreshed every 5 minutes; if an order or warning is issued it will appear here and shaded on the map above. Live coverage in Washington is limited to Spokane and Stevens Counties; other counties post notices through their own official channels.

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Enter any US or Canadian address or town for an instant risk report: nearby fires, wind, smoke, air quality, and evacuation alerts.

This season vs the last decade

243% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026905K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)372K acres

So far in 2026, 905K acres have burned in Washington, 243% of the 372K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Washington

Latest fire updates in Washington

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

    2 days ago · September 24, 2026

  6. Goat Fire · Containment rose to 85%

    2 days ago · September 24, 2026

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

    2 days ago · September 24, 2026

  8. High Lava Fire · Containment rose to 85%

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

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

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

  10. Old Trails Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR184)

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

  11. Goat Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N565E)

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

  12. Luna Fire · Grew 429 acres in 24 hours to 8,553 acres

    3 days ago · September 23, 2026

Wildfire history in Washington

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2015
Worst year · 1.6M acres
1,504
Fires / year · average
20K
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
2,745
Structures destroyed
8
Lives lost
$1.8B
Reported cost

From 887 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
1.6M
790K
'15
'20
'25
'26
Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
211K
105K
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July and August account for 80% of the acreage burned in Washington in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.

Fires recorded by year
9932.0K2014: 827 fires20142015: 1.3K fires2016: 951 fires20162017: 1.1K fires2018: 1.5K fires20182019: 1.5K fires2020: 1.7K fires20202021: 1.9K fires2022: 1.6K fires20222023: 2.0K fires2024: 1.7K fires20242025: 2.0K fires2026: 1.6K fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Washington averaged 362K acres burned and 1,774 fires per year. That is 45% down in acreage and 33% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Recent seasons have been quieter than the long-term norm.

Wildfire history near you

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

  • Carlton Complex2014471 structures destroyed256,108 acres
  • 3222014249,970 acres
  • Pearl Hill202055 structures destroyed223,730 acres
  • North Star20151 structure destroyed218,138 acres
  • Cold Springs2020138 structures destroyed · 1 death189,923 acres

Fires near a city in Washington

SeattleSpokaneTacomaWenatcheeYakimaBellingham

Nearby states

California (200)Texas (111)Oregon (80)New Mexico (76)Oklahoma (62)Montana (59)