Overall Green Forest fire alert in Canada from 26 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC to 03 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (10357 ha) in Canada 26 Jul 2021

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	WF 1001232
Countries:	Canada
Start Date - Last detection*:	26 Jul 2021 - 03 Aug 2021
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	10357 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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30 Jul 19:12 31 Jul 15:48 03 Aug 05:48 04 Aug 17:03

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7017	30 Jul 2021 09:56	GWIS
2	0.5	7027	31 Jul 2021 03:05	GWIS
3	0.5	10168	03 Aug 2021 03:06	GWIS
4	0.5	10357	04 Aug 2021 14:45	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Canada , Province of Manitoba (population 1,136,345) .

CCI Land Cover

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
Manitoba	Canada	1.1 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
Grand Rapids		262				0	46 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Cedar	Grand Rapids	Saskatchewan	1965	45 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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