Yesterday, 164 new fires were reported nationwide, including seven new large fires. Firefighters are currently working to contain 42 uncontained large fires across the country. More than 14,400 personnel are assigned to incidents nationwide as wildland firefighters continue responding to increased fire activity across the West.
As national demand for firefighting resources continues, two MAFFS C-130 airtankers and support personnel from the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing have been deployed to San Bernardino and Santa Maria, California.
Firefighters continue making progress on incidents across multiple geographic areas while responding to new large fires in the Great Basin, Northwest, Southern California, Northern Rockies, Southern Area and Alaska. Hot, dry and windy conditions are expected to elevate fire weather today across the western Great Basin, northeastern California, the northern Rockies and much of the Inland Northwest, with extreme heat continuing across portions of the Intermountain West and Northern Great Plains.
So far this year, 38,747 fires have burned more than 3.4 million acres across the United States.
As fire activity increases in many parts of the country, everyone can help reduce the risk of human-caused wildfires. Check local fire restrictions before recreating outdoors, avoid parking vehicles on dry grass, ensure trailer chains are secured, and fully extinguish campfires before leaving them.
Weather
Above normal temperatures will combine with breezy southwest to west winds at 12-22 mph with gusts to 30 mph and afternoon relative humidities of 5-15% to elevate fire weather conditions across the western Great Basin, northeastern California, northern Rockies, and much of the Inland Northwest. Extreme heat is expected over the lower elevations of the Intermountain West and the Northern Great Plains. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will begin to work their way northward into southeastern Arizona as monsoonal moisture advances northward out of Mexico. Scattered storms are also likely once again over parts of eastern New Mexico. Further to the east, isolated storms are possible over parts of the northern Great Lakes with more widespread showers and storms expected over the Mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Scattered showers and storms will occur over parts of the Southeast. Hot and breezy conditions are expected over the eastern Carolinas and Florida elevating fire potential once again outside of any thunderstorms that develop. Very warm and mainly dry conditions will continue in northeast Minnesota. Above normal temperatures will persist across the eastern Interior of Alaska with isolated thunderstorms, while cooler conditions across the western half of the state.
Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk
