Forest Fire (157238 ha) in Canada 01 Jun 2023

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1014619
Countries: Canada
Start Date - Last detection*: 01 Jun 2023 - 17 Jun 2023
Duration (days): 16
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 157238 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

GDACS Score


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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 5578 04 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 6150 05 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 32901 06 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 57288 07 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
5 0.5 0 68946 08 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
6 1.5 0 89524 09 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
7 1.5 0 99715 10 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
8 1.5 0 103965 11 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
9 1.5 0 113712 12 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
10 1.5 0 126569 13 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
11 1.5 0 133250 14 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
12 1.5 0 133749 15 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
13 1.5 0 137830 16 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
14 1.5 0 148519 17 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
15 1.5 0 157238 18 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Canada , Province of Quebec (population 7,176,389) .

Radius Population
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people
1 km no people
Burned Area no people


Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Quebec Canada 7.2 million people

Affected populated places

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Lagrande 3 YAR 236 Civ. Unpaved No 5000 77 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
La Grande 3 La Grande 3 La Grande 1981 85 km
Opinaca Opinaca Eastmain 1980 115 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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