Border 2 Fire in North Cascades grows to estimated 2,500 acres

Border 2 Fire in North Cascades grows to estimated 2,500 acres

The Border 2 Fire burning in the North Cascades National Park Service Complex was estimated Wednesday to be 2,500 acres.

Firefighters aided by Air Attack and Support in North Cascades National Park

July 31, 2026: North Cascades Fires Update information released; NPS photo – Scooper on Ross Lake The Olympic, Crow Peak, and Apache Kid Wildland Fire Modules continue structure protection operations in the Hozomeen area on the Border 2 Fire (estimated 3,500 acres). Fire managers are coordinating and in tight communications with British Columbia Wildfire Service on the fire along the US/Canada border. Yesterday, there was active fire behavior u…

Border 2 and Luna fires continue to grow in North Cascades

A scooper plane collects water from Ross Lake to drop on the Border 2 Fire, which has grown to 3,500 acres as of July 31. (Photo courtesy of North Cascades National Park Service Complex ) Wildland firefighting crews continue to battle two growing wildfires in the North Cascades National Park. The Border 2 Fire, located between Ross Lake and Hozomeen Mountain, has grown from 2,500 acres on Wednesday, July 29 to 3,500 acres as of Friday, July 31, …