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 across the Northwest Territories, an active wildfire named Wildfire has grown rapidly since its ignition on August 15, 2026. Over its first two days of activity, the blaze has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 750 hectares per day, bringing its total footprint to 1,500 hectares, which is equivalent to 3,707 acres.
Satellite monitoring over the past 48 hours has detected three heat signatures clustered nearby, illustrating the current spread and active fronts of the fire. The typical fire season in this region runs from May to September.
This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 2,342,237 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 45% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Northwest Territories for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 1,500 ha (3,707 acres) — about 15 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 2,342,237 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 45% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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