Started on Jun 26, 2026.
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- 32 miles southeast of Bettles, AK
- Cause
- Natural
- Complexity
- Type 5 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Brush (2 feet)
- How it's behaving
- ModerateBacking — Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.Running — Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
- Jurisdiction
- BLM · Federal land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Spanning 1,605 acres across the Yukon-Koyukuk region, the Doorstep Fire has maintained a steady progression for 20 days, expanding at an approximate rate of 80 acres per day. Located 32 miles southeast of Bettles, Alaska, the blaze is currently categorized as a Type 5 incident under BLM management, with zero percent containment reported on the federal land.
The fire, which originated from natural causes on June 26, 2026, continues to exhibit moderate behavior characterized by backing and running through two-foot brush. Firefighters are actively monitoring the situation as the incident remains fully active.
In context
This wildfire burned in Alaska for 76 days. In total it burned about 1,605 acres — around 6.5 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,243,965 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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