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Fires Near Halifax, NS

Live wildfire tracking around Halifax: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official Canadian sources.

2
Fires within 100 mi
46 mi
Nearest fire
0
Weather alerts
23
Air quality · Good

All clear

Live risk assessment for Halifax, NS

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • The nearest fire is 46 miles away.
There are currently 4 active fires within 300 miles of Halifax, NS, including 2 within 100 miles. None are inside Halifax city limits. The most significant is the 09-013 fire, 46 miles away at 74 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Halifax, NS in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the JOHNSTON BUILDING - monitor is good (AQI 23).

House pin: Halifax, NS. Bold outline: Halifax city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

Evacuation status

Nova Scotia does not publish a live evacuation zone feed covering this location yet, so we cannot confirm zone-level status here either way. During an active fire, check the county emergency links in the resources section below; that is where evacuation notices are posted first.

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Fires by distance

City limits
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no fires
≤ 25 mi
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no fires
≤ 50 mi
1
74 acres
≤ 100 mi
2
86 acres
≤ 200 mi
4
112 acres
≤ 300 mi
4
112 acres

This season vs the last decade

0% of an average year
Burning right now0 acres
10-year average (2016–2023, full year)299 acres

Fires currently burning within 25 miles of Halifax cover 0 acres. From 2016 to 2023, an average full year burned 299 acres here. Canadian records count large fires (200+ hectares) only.

Active fires near Halifax, NS

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Halifax

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. 09-013 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    71 days ago · July 16, 2026

  2. 06-013 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    71 days ago · July 16, 2026

Wildfire history near you

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