Wildfires Near Dawson

Named wildfires burning near town right now — distance, direction, size and stage of control from the national CIFFC feed, with the Yukon's official alert channels first.

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Fire

Where

Stage of control

Size

2026BC002

143 kilometres south

Being held

3,000 hectares

The official channels

Yukon emergency updates — evacuation alerts and ordersThe Government of Yukon's emergency page: evacuation alerts, orders, warnings and advisories. Widespread alerts are also broadcast through Alert Ready.

Yukon wildfire updates — Dawson fire districtYukon Wildfire Service's written situation updates for the Dawson district.

Yukon wildfire and fire-danger mapThe territory's interactive map of active fires and danger ratings.

Report a wildfire: 1-888-798-3473 (1-888-798-FIRE)24 hours. Non-emergency wildfire information: 867-393-7415.

Worth knowing

June 2025: fire at the edge of West Dawson

The Quebec Creek fire came within about 10 km of Upper West Dawson in June 2025, with roughly 100 homes on evacuation alert, and Dawson switched to diesel backup power after transmission lines were de-energized. The Mount Leotta fire nearly doubled in size the same week. Fires do reach the edges of this community — the official channels below are where evacuation decisions arrive.

Distance and stage of control matter more than the count

Most Dawson-district fires are started by lightning and burn in country with no road access, and crews leave some remote fires to burn under watch. A fire listed as "out of control" is a fire behaviour label, not an evacuation signal — it means the perimeter is still growing, not that town is threatened.

Smoke travels farther than fire

Smoke over town often comes from fires well beyond this page's outer band — elsewhere in the Yukon or across the border in Alaska. For the day's smoke picture, see the Air & Smoke Check tool; for what is burning and where, this page.