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Active · 563 ha (1,391 acres) · started 2026-06-28 · updated 2026-08-27

Wildfire — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True color Fire (SWIR)
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).

Summary in preparation.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Northwest Territories for 60 days. So far it has affected roughly 563 ha (1,391 acres) — about 5.6 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 2,504,979 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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