Started on Jul 11, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Active fires nearby2 · 100 km
Burning across the Northwest Territories for 29 days since its start on July 11, 2026, the active Wildfire has steadily expanded to cover 900 hectares, or approximately 2,224 acres. Throughout its almost month-long trajectory, the blaze has maintained an average daily growth of about 31 hectares per day.
This ongoing fire unfolds within a regional fire season that typically spans from May to September. At the national level, the broader context reveals that 2,202,999 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a total that is 48 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Northwest Territories for 31 days. In total it burned about 900 ha (2,224 acres) — around 9.0 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 2,609,874 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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