Overall Green Forest fire alert in Canada from 27 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 05 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC

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 1014508
Countries:	Canada
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 May 2023 - 05 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	15960 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	9555	29 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
2	0.5	9695	30 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	9997	31 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	10060	01 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	10425	02 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
6	0.5	12076	03 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
7	0.5	13450	04 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
8	0.5	14926	05 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
9	0.5	15960	06 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Canada , Province of British Columbia (population 3,415,527) .

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	228 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
British Columbia	Canada	3.4 million people
Alberta	Canada	2.6 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
Peggo		457				0	19 km
Helmet		588				0	44 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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