Started on Jun 26, 2026.
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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
Burning for 46 days since its start on June 26, 2026, the active wildfire near Wrigley, Northwest Territories, has expanded to cover 28,524 hectares (70,484 acres) at an average daily growth of approximately 620 hectares per day.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from May to September. Meanwhile, the broader national landscape shows 2,286,112 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 46 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Northwest Territories for 84 days. In total it burned about 28,524 ha (70,484 acres) — around 285 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 2,617,400 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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