2026 Wildfire Season: Wild River Fire in the White Mountains of Northern New England

Direct link to November 8th post on the Wild River Fire from WMUR on YouTube.

During the years when I vacationed at a lakeside cabin in northeastern Vermont I enjoyed traveling around Vermont and adjoining New Hampshire. At least once or possibly twice during my vacation my friend and I would go to the White Mountains in New Hampshire and Maine. During those days I was able to engage in hiking in that area, but I still had to be careful of my bad knee. Anyway, I do try to pay attention to wildfire activity in the White Mountains. I learned of the Wild River Fire late last week. I understand from WMUR's reporting on the fire that it is close to being 30 percent contained and has burned approximately 820 acres. I am familiar enough with the White Mountains to understand that the wildland fire fighters working this fire face challenging conditions in part because of the terrain. I understand that two helicopters are aiding wildland firefighters in fighting this fire.

I am sharing a map of this fire that I obtained from inciweb's reporting on this fire, here is a direct link to the Nov 4th map of this fire that I am also sharing below. When I drove to the White Mountains from northern Vermont I sometimes took Route 2 which you will see near the top of the map. Many Thanks to my friends at NJ Forest Fire Service Section B10 who share videos daily on their website, they shared the above video today.