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Nova Scotia Wildfire Activity — 2026

What FireRadar observed from Nova Scotia wildfire services during 2026. Live incident data, retained daily activity, source-reported size, status transitions, perimeter revisions, and archive boundaries stay separate so the page does not imply coverage FireRadar never collected.

Record provenance

Where this history comes from

Incident authority
Nova Scotia wildfire services

Official location records come from Nova Scotia public wildfire data. Satellite hotspots remain a separate optional layer and are not confirmed incidents.

FireRadar archive
Jul 20, 2026 → Aug 8, 2026

Only retained observations inside this window are counted. Early daily activity points are recovered from completed per-fire snapshots when the newer aggregate series has no row; CWFIS and satellite records remain excluded.

Kept separate
CWFIS continuity · NASA FIRMS hotspots

National fallback records and satellite detections are not silently added to direct-official provincial history.

Current active official fires
2
Aug 9, 2026
Peak observed active fires
3
Jul 20, 2026
Unique fires in archive
106
20 observed archive days
First observed during coverage
1
Incidents first seen by FireRadar inside this archive window
Interactive daily timeline

FireRadar wildfire activity over time

FireRadar daily observation history begins Aug 8, 2026 and grows forward from there. Each point is a direct-official wildfire snapshot; current-day data is included immediately.

Latest
2
Aug 9, 2026
Snapshots
1
Daily points for Nova Scotia
Change in continuous run
Building
Continuous run starts Aug 9, 2026; a second consecutive daily snapshot is needed.
Aug 9, 2026: 2Aug 8, 2026Aug 9, 20262
Selected window: Aug 8, 2026 to Aug 9, 2026. Retained snapshots for Nova Scotia currently begin Aug 9, 2026.
Active official fires daily data for Nova Scotia
DateActive official fires
Aug 9, 20262

Reported active hectares sums usable sizes for currently active official records. It is not cumulative annual area burned and should not be used as a substitute for an official burned-area statistic.

Incident change history

What changed during FireRadar's observed window

Status transitions
0
Reported-size changes
0
Official perimeter revisions
0
Largest per-fire max reported size
1,700 ha
Median per-fire max reported size
0 ha

Per-fire maximum source-reported incident size observed by FireRadar; not cumulative hectares burned.

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