Wildfire near Coffee Creek
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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).
Burning for 11 days near Coffee Creek, Yukon, an active wildfire has expanded to cover 2,213 hectares (5,468 acres). The fire has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 201 hectares per day since its start on August 8, 2026. Satellite tracking over the past 48 hours has detected 61 heat signatures clustered nearby, indicating the ongoing spread of the front across the landscape.
The current blaze unfolds within a regional fire season that typically spans from May to September. On a national scale, the broader context shows 2,351,339 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 45 percent below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Yukon for 11 days. So far it has affected roughly 2,213 ha (5,468 acres) — about 22 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 2,351,339 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 45% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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