Wildfire near South Slave Region (Jun 24)

Active · 14,000 ha (34,595 acres) · started 2026-06-24 · updated 2026-07-19

True color Fire (SWIR)

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True color (left): as the eye sees it.
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).

After burning for 25 days, the wildfire near the South Slave Region, NT, has expanded to cover 14,000 hectares (34,595 acres). The blaze is maintaining an average daily growth rate of approximately 560 hectares.

The fire remains active as of June 24, 2026, continuing to impact the landscape in the Northwest Territories.