Wildfire near North Slave Region (Jun 26 · NW)
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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).
Expanding at an average rate of 840 hectares per day over the last 20 days, a wildfire in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories has now consumed 16,800 hectares. The blaze remains active as it continues to push through the landscape.
Satellite monitoring via NASA FIRMS has identified 48 heat detections within the last 48 hours, signaling significant ongoing spread across the region since the fire began on June 26.
In context
This wildfire burned in Northwest Territories for 46 days. In total it burned about 16,800 ha (41,514 acres) — around 168 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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