MAINE MORNING STAR • August 27, 2025
Typically, Maine has fewer than a hundred wildfires throughout July and August, but this year it’s close to triple that. As of Wednesday, the state has already seen 280 fires since July 1, said Terri Teller, a forest fire prevention specialist for the Maine Forest Service. “We haven’t had a year like this in a long time in Maine,” she said. Without much measurable rain and dry soil conditions, the number of fires has ticked up dramatically. For the past two and a half weeks, southern and central Maine have been at an elevated danger.