Jumbo Creek Fire
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Fire (SWIR)
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🟢 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
- Response
- Modified
- Jurisdiction
- BC Wildfire Service
Burning across an average daily growth of approximately 46 hectares per day over the course of 15 days, the active Jumbo Creek Fire in British Columbia covers 684 hectares, or 1,689 acres. Managed by the BC Wildfire Service since its natural ignition on July 20, 2026, the incident unfolds within a typical regional fire season that runs from May to September.
This blaze occurs during a broader national landscape in which 2,102,567 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 50% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in British Columbia for 16 days. So far it has affected roughly 684 ha (1,689 acres) — about 6.8 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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