Wildfire
True color
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
- Response
- Modified
- Jurisdiction
- BC Wildfire Service
Summary in preparation.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in British Columbia for 14 days. So far it has affected roughly 511 ha (1,263 acres) — about 5.1 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 2,202,999 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 48% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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Community reports
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