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Wildfire near Sandy Bay (Jun 2)

Ended · 20,134 hectares (49,751 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers101 days
20,134Hectares49,751Acres101Days it lasted

Started on Jun 2, 2026.

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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

Burning continuously for 97 days since its start on June 2, 2026, an active wildfire near Sandy Bay, Saskatchewan, has steadily expanded to encompass 20,134 hectares, equivalent to 49,751 acres. Throughout this protracted burning period, the fire has maintained an average daily growth rate of approximately 208 hectares per day.

This prolonged incident occurs within the broader context of Saskatchewan's typical fire season, which spans from May to September. Across the country, a cumulative total of 2,600,271 hectares have burned so far in 2026, placing the national burned area 39 percent below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Saskatchewan for 100 days. In total it burned about 20,134 ha (49,751 acres) — around 201 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 2,607,487 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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