Part of a series of fires in the same area. The main one: Wildfire near Division No. 23 (Jun 27 · E)
Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
The story so far
Summary written on Aug 9, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.
Burning for 25 days with an average daily expansion of approximately 197 hectares per day, an active wildfire spanning 4,926 hectares (12,172 acres) continues to impact Unorganized Division No. 23 in Manitoba since it started on July 15, 2026.
This ongoing incident unfolds within a region where the typical fire season spans from May to September. Despite this localized activity, the broader national landscape shows that 2,202,999 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 48% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Manitoba for 86 days. In total it burned about 4,926 ha (12,172 acres) — around 49 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 2,636,884 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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