Wildfire near Unorganized North Cochrane
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🟤 red/brown = burned
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning near Unorganized North Cochrane in Ontario, an active wildfire has expanded to cover 700 hectares (1,730 acres) since it began on August 1, 2026. Over its two days of burning, the fire has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 350 hectares per day, while satellites have detected 27 heat signatures clustered nearby in the past 48 hours to mark the spread of the front.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from May to September. Across the wider country, 2,080,649 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 51 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Ontario for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 700 ha (1,730 acres) — about 7.0 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 2,102,567 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 50% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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