Big Burn Creek Fire
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Cause
- Natural
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- BC Wildfire Service
Burning across 629 hectares (1,554 acres) of British Columbia, the active Big Burn Creek Fire has maintained a steady forward trajectory since its natural ignition on July 17, 2026. Over the course of 18 days, the blaze has expanded at an average daily growth of approximately 35 hectares per day. Satellites are currently picking up 9 heat detections nearby over the last 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread of the incident as crews from the BC Wildfire Service work on the ground.
This wildfire unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 2,102,567 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 50 percent below the country's two-decade average. Such activity remains typical for the region's seasonal timeline, which generally spans from May to September.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in British Columbia for 19 days. So far it has affected roughly 629 ha (1,554 acres) — about 6.3 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in Canada
Across Canada, roughly 2,117,287 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 50% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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