LIVE · updated
Northwest Territories Wildfires: Live Fire Map
Northwest Territories
Bold outline: Northwest Territories boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring provinces.
Evacuation status in Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories has no live evacuation feed FireNearby can monitor, so orders and warnings will not appear on this site. Check local official emergency channels and the emergency resources below.
Is there a fire near me?
Enter any US or Canadian address or town for an instant risk report: nearby fires, wind, smoke, air quality, and evacuation alerts.
This season vs the last decade
23% of an average yearFires currently burning in Northwest Territories cover 439K acres. From 2016 to 2023, an average full year burned 1.9M acres here.
Source: Canadian National Fire Database, large fires (200+ hectares) only.
Active fires in Northwest Territories
- -FS016 Fire-164,839 acres23 hours ago
- -WB4 Fire-127,951 acres163 days ago
- -WB19 Fire-54,951 acres138 days ago
- -WB17 Fire-36,708 acres138 days ago
- -WB20 Fire-29,082 acres137 days ago
- -FS014 Fire-11,542 acres23 hours ago
- -WB14 Fire-5,943 acres135 days ago
- -TH1 Fire-3,244 acres98 days ago
- -FS011 Fire-1,908 acres23 hours ago
- -WB9 Fire-1,878 acres164 days ago
| Fire | County | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FS016 Fire | - | 164,839 acres | - | 23 hours ago |
| WB4 Fire | - | 127,951 acres | - | 163 days ago |
| WB19 Fire | - | 54,951 acres | - | 138 days ago |
| WB17 Fire | - | 36,708 acres | - | 138 days ago |
| WB20 Fire | - | 29,082 acres | - | 137 days ago |
| FS014 Fire | - | 11,542 acres | - | 23 hours ago |
| WB14 Fire | - | 5,943 acres | - | 135 days ago |
| TH1 Fire | - | 3,244 acres | - | 98 days ago |
| FS011 Fire | - | 1,908 acres | - | 23 hours ago |
| WB9 Fire | - | 1,878 acres | - | 164 days ago |
Latest fire updates in Northwest Territories
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
FS016 Fire · Grew 36,752 acres in 68 days to 164,839 acres
23 days ago · October 18, 2026WB19 Fire · Grew 5,199 acres in 68 days to 54,951 acres
23 days ago · October 18, 2026WB17 Fire · Mapped size revised down to 36,708 acres (from 37,226)
23 days ago · October 18, 2026WB20 Fire · Mapped size revised down to 29,082 acres (from 29,613)
23 days ago · October 18, 2026FS014 Fire · Grew 3,768 acres in 68 days to 11,542 acres
23 days ago · October 18, 2026FS011 Fire · Now mapped at 1,908 acres
23 days ago · October 18, 2026
Wildfire history in Northwest Territories
Large fires (200+ hectares) since 1990, Canadian National Fire Database.
June and July account for 81% of the acreage burned in Northwest Territories in an average year, based on large fires (200+ hectares) in Canadian federal records.
Over the last five years, Northwest Territories averaged 2.5M acres burned and 69 fires per year. That is 58% up in acreage and 19% up in fire count versus the 1990–2018 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.
Wildfire history near you
How close have major wildfires come to your home in Northwest Territories? Search any US or Canadian address to see the largest fires on record nearby, with size, year, and impact, on a radius map.
Emergency resources for Northwest Territories
Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.