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 has scorched 2,730 hectares (6,746 acres) since it began on August 15, 2026. Over the course of its seven days burning, the fire has maintained an approximate average daily growth of 390 hectares per day.
Satellite observations reveal widespread activity across the incident, with NASA FIRMS detecting 46 heat signatures over a 48-hour period, illustrating the extent of the spread.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from May to September. Nationally, the broader context shows 2,419,284 hectares burned so far in 2026, tracking 43% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Northwest Territories for 24 days. So far it has affected roughly 2,730 ha (6,746 acres) — about 27 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 2,602,448 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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