Little Giant Fire

Chelan County, Washington · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Sep 1, 2026 (1 day ago)
First reported about 7 weeks ago
Metric Now
Size
170,784 acres
Sep 2, 2:00 AM
+7,695 acres
was 163,089 acres · Aug 31, 7:00 PM
Containment
49%
Sep 2, 2:00 AM
+22 percent
was 27% · Aug 30, 8:00 PM
Crew size
1,716
Sep 2, 2:00 AM
+82
was 1,634 · Aug 31, 7:00 PM
Money spent
$120.4M
Sep 2, 2:00 AM
+$6.7M
was $113.7M · Aug 31, 7:00 PM

Little Giant Fire and other nearby fires

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Little Giant Fire summary

The Little Giant Fire is a wildfire near Chelan County, Washington. It has burned about 170,784 acres (about 129,000 football fields). Crews have boxed in 49% of its edge; the other 51% isn't contained yet. It was first reported about 7 weeks ago. About 1,716 people are on it, run by a Complex Incident Management Team. We're also tracking 8 other active fires within about 75 miles.

Size
170,784 acres
Containment
49%
Discovered
July 16, 2026 (first reported about 7 weeks ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, September 2nd at 2:00 a.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.

Tonight

42°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy

Wind 5 to 12 mph W · 38% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Some rain

Wednesday

52°F · Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 6 mph SW · 98% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely

Wednesday Night

38°F · Rain Showers

Wind 5 mph W · 98% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely

Thursday

46°F · Rain And Snow Showers Likely

Wind 3 mph W · 68% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely

Thursday Night

38°F · Chance Rain Showers

Wind 3 mph NW · 47% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, September 2nd at 2:00 a.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 1,716 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Complex Incident Management Team. The government rates it a Type 1 Incident (the highest complexity level). About $120 million has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.

Where to get live updates

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Nearby fires to Little Giant Fire

Within about 75 miles we're tracking 8 other active fires, closest first:

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