The Bug Fire is on the current NIFC active-incident list at 93,733 acres and 94% contained, 13 days after it was discovered on Aug 8.
Source: the federal NIFC/WFIGS Incident Locations feed, re-read every 30 minutes. Last read 2026-08-22 03:13 UTC. Nothing on this page is estimated.
| Date | Acres | Contained | Change |
| 2026-08-09 | 6,528 | 0% | |
| 2026-08-10 | 15,000 | 3% | +8,472 ac |
| 2026-08-11 | 57,363 | 3% | +42,363 ac |
| 2026-08-12 | 57,363 | 0% | no change |
| 2026-08-13 | 70,757 | 3% | +13,394 ac |
| 2026-08-14 | 88,422 | 31% | +17,665 ac |
| 2026-08-15 | 93,367 | 58% | +4,945 ac |
| 2026-08-16 | 94,105 | 76% | +738 ac |
| 2026-08-17 | 93,733 | 85% | -372 ac (remap) |
| 2026-08-18 | 93,733 | 87% | no change |
| 2026-08-19 | 93,733 | 94% | no change |
| 2026-08-20 | 93,733 | 94% | no change |
| 2026-08-21 | 93,733 | 94% | no change |
| 2026-08-22 | 93,733 | 94% | no change |
Distance is not the whole question — smoke carries much further than fire, and trailheads and roads close well before flames reach them. Each trail page shows live AQI; check the managing agency and inciweb.nwcg.gov for closures before you drive.
Containment is the share of the fire's perimeter that crews have a control line around — not how much of the fire is out. A 95% contained fire can still put up plenty of smoke; a 0% contained fire is still growing freely.
The NIFC/WFIGS Incident Locations feed — the official interagency record used by fire managers. We re-read it every 30 minutes and stamp the read time. The day-by-day table is our own record of those reads; acres sometimes drop when a perimeter is remapped, and we label that rather than smoothing it out.
Check the managing agency and inciweb.nwcg.gov for closures first — they close roads and trailheads well ahead of the fire. Then check the live AQI on the trail page itself; smoke is usually what decides the day, not flames.