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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
The story so far
About 45 km southeast of Mount Currie.
Burning for 19 days near Mount Currie, British Columbia, an active wildfire has expanded to cover 1,644 hectares (4,062 acres) since it began on July 22, 2026. The fire has maintained an average daily growth rate of approximately 87 hectares per day within a region where the typical fire season runs from May to September.
This incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop for 2026, during which 2,272,956 hectares have burned so far, tracking 46% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in British Columbia for 96 days. So far it has affected roughly 1,644 ha (4,062 acres) — about 16 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 2,638,136 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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