Wildfire near North Slave Region
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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 19 days since its start on July 16, 2026, the active wildfire in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories has steadily expanded at an average daily growth of approximately 39 hectares per day, bringing its total footprint to 736 hectares, or 1,819 acres.
Satellites monitoring the situation have picked up four heat detections in the past 48 hours, illustrating the ongoing thermal activity near the fire front as it progresses through the typical regional fire season, which spans from May to September.
This incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 2,102,567 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 50% below the typical two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Northwest Territories for 19 days. So far it has affected roughly 736 ha (1,819 acres) — about 7.4 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 2,102,567 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 50% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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