Started on Jul 16, 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 38 days through the North Slave Region in the Northwest Territories, an active wildfire has expanded to cover approximately 84,000 hectares (207,568 acres) since it started on July 16, 2026. The blaze has maintained an aggressive trajectory, exhibiting an average daily growth of roughly 2,211 hectares per day within a region where the typical fire season runs from May to September.
Satellite monitoring underscores the expansive footprint of the ongoing emergency, with NASA FIRMS recording 49 heat detections in the past 48 hours alone, illustrating how far the fire has spread across the landscape.
This incident unfolds during a broader national fire year in which 2,467,646 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 42% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Northwest Territories for 71 days. In total it burned about 84,000 ha (207,568 acres) — around 840 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 2,626,069 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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More fires in Northwest Territories
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