Wildfire near Rivière-Koksoak (Jun 28)
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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).
Quick facts
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- SOPFEU
Burning for 43 days since its start on June 28, the active natural wildfire near Rivière-Koksoak, Quebec, has steadily expanded at an average daily rate of approximately 300 hectares per day, managed by SOPFEU.
The blaze has now consumed a total of 12,893 hectares, equivalent to 31,859 acres.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from May to September, amid a broader national context where 2,272,956 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure 46% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Quebec for 70 days. So far it has affected roughly 12,893 ha (31,859 acres) — about 129 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 2,600,107 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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