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Rim Lake Fire

Ended · 4,795 hectares (11,847 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers20 days
4,795Hectares11,847Acres20Days it lasted

Started on Jul 25, 2026.

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169Active80Hotspots 48h3.2 MHectares
Last 7 days · steadyHow many named wildfires were burning on each of the last 7 days. It rises when there are more than on the earlier days.
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Rim Lake Fire — Sentinel-2 true color Rim Lake Fire — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

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🟤 brown = already burned
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

Quick facts

Official status
OutOut, no heat left.
Cause
Natural
Response
FullFought along the whole perimeter.
Jurisdiction
BC Wildfire Service

Spanning 4,795 hectares (11,847 acres) after 15 days of burning near Clinton, British Columbia, the active Rim Lake Fire has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 320 hectares per day since it started on July 25. Driven by natural causes, the incident is managed by the BC Wildfire Service during a typical regional fire season that runs from May to September.

Operational tracking via 33 NASA FIRMS heat detections over the last 48 hours highlights ongoing activity across the perimeter. This local event unfolds within a broader national context, as 2,202,999 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 48% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in British Columbia for 19 days. In total it burned about 4,795 ha (11,847 acres) — around 48 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 2,608,022 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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