Wildfire near Unorganized Division No. 18 (Jun 26)
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
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 for 17 days, the wildfire near Unorganized Division No. 18 in Saskatchewan has maintained a steady expansion, consuming land at an average rate of approximately 805 hectares per day. Since its ignition on June 26, the blaze has grown to encompass a total area of 13,691 hectares.
The fire remains classified as active as it continues to impact the region. Emergency management teams are monitoring the situation closely as the incident persists in the remote landscape.