The Long 2 Fire was detected mid-afternoon on July 2, 2026, during a routine fire patrol flight on the Gunflint Ranger District of the Superior National Forest within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW).
Firefighters were flown in by Beaver aircraft to begin direct suppression. The fire is smoldering and creeping in pine needle litter and brush, with no immediate threat to structures reported.
The fire has been determined to be lightning caused by recent thunderstorm activity earlier in the week, according to InciWeb Active Wildfires records.