Wildfire near North Slave Region (Jun 26 · NW #2)
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 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 across the Northwest Territories for 27 days, the active wildfire near North Slave Region has expanded at an average daily rate of 2,912 hectares, consuming a total of 78,621 hectares (194,276 acres) since it began on June 26, 2026.
Satellite tracking underscores the ongoing scale of the incident, with instruments registering 560 heat detections over the past 48 hours.
In context
This wildfire burned in Northwest Territories for 35 days. In total it burned about 78,621 ha (194,276 acres) — around 786 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 2,521,984 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 40% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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