Wildfire
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Fire (SWIR)
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 in the Northwest Territories during the peak of the typical May to September fire season, an active wildfire has scorched 2,173 hectares (5,370 acres) over eight days of continuous activity. The fire has maintained an approximate average daily growth of 272 hectares per day since it began on August 20, 2026.
Advanced monitoring highlights the physical scope of the event, with NASA FIRMS satellites registering 39 heat detections in the surrounding area over the last 48 hours, illustrating the active spread of the fire front.
This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 2,595,525 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 39 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Northwest Territories for 9 days. So far it has affected roughly 2,173 ha (5,370 acres) — about 22 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 2,595,525 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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