Border 2 Fire

Whatcom County, Washington · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Aug 15, 2026 (about 13 hours ago)
First reported about 4 weeks ago
Metric Now
Size
12,918 acres
Aug 16, 5:00 AM
−1,418 acres
was 14,336 acres · Aug 14, 3:00 PM
Containment
3%
Aug 16, 5:00 AM
+1 percent
was 2% · Aug 14, 3:00 PM
Crew size
52
Aug 16, 5:00 AM
−18
was 70 · Aug 12, 4:00 PM
Money spent
$2.4M
Aug 16, 5:00 AM
+$88,042
was $2.3M · Aug 15, 4:00 PM

Border 2 Fire and other nearby fires

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Border 2 Fire summary

The Border 2 Fire is a wildfire near Whatcom County, Washington. It has burned about 12,918 acres (about 10,000 football fields). Crews have boxed in 3% of its edge; the other 97% isn't contained yet. It was first reported about 4 weeks ago. About 52 people are on it, run by a Type 3 IC. We're also tracking 8 other active fires within about 75 miles.

Size
12,918 acres
Containment
3%
Discovered
July 17, 2026 (first reported about 4 weeks ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Sunday, August 16th at 5:00 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.

Overnight

49°F · Patchy Smoke

Wind 3 mph NNE · 2% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Sunday

62°F · Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 3 mph NW · 25% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain

Sunday Night

50°F · Partly Cloudy

Wind 1 to 5 mph N · 8% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Monday

65°F · Sunny

Wind 6 mph W · 3% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Monday Night

50°F · Partly Cloudy

Wind 2 to 6 mph WSW · 3% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Sunday, August 16th at 5:01 a.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 52 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 3 IC. The government rates it a Type 3 Incident. About $2 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 Border 2 Fire

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

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