Electric Fire

Perimeter mapped September 10, 2026 at 2:56 PM PDT, 495 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.652, -121.435.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Concrete

Size

495 acres

Containment

90%

Discovered

August 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM PDT

Cause

Undetermined

Location

7 Miles N from Marblemount, WA

County

Whatcom County

State

Washington

Nearest city reported

MARBLEMOUNT

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

45

Incident management

Type 3 Team, Type 4 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Litter and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$3,003,630

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-WAMSF-000494

IRWIN identifier

9E33D836-7B10-46EA-9F26-9966F6392D81

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 24, 2026 (5 acres) to September 12, 2026 (495 acres). The largest one-day growth was 559 acres, mapped August 30, 2026.

• Wind up to 6 mph from the south
• Relative humidity as low as 39%
• High of 74°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Concrete, WA

Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.

No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.

NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts drew light smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Sun, 5:00 AM PDT to Sun, 8:00 AM PDT).

NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.2 µg/m³ around Mon, 12:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Concrete, WA16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Darrington, WA28 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Peaceful Valley, WA38 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Sedro-Woolley, WA38 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Clear Lake, WA39 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Big Lake, WA41 miles southwest of the fire’s origin