Overall Green Forest fire alert in Canada from 27 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 15 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (278030 ha) in Canada 27 May 2023

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 1014554
Countries:	Canada
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 May 2023 - 15 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	278030 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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31 May 12:04 01 Jun 12:04 02 Jun 12:04 03 Jun 12:04 04 Jun 12:07 05 Jun 12:07 06 Jun 12:07 07 Jun 12:10 08 Jun 12:07 09 Jun 12:09 10 Jun 12:12 11 Jun 12:11 12 Jun 12:13 13 Jun 13:19 14 Jun 13:16 15 Jun 13:17 16 Jun 14:13

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7709	31 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
2	0.5	9162	01 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	12031	02 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	37392	03 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	37964	04 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
6	0.5	38085	05 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
7	0.5	38888	06 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
8	0.5	39195	07 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
9	0.5	44683	08 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
10	0.5	60645	09 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
11	0.5	119791	10 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
12	0.5	120003	11 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
13	0.5	127228	12 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
14	0.5	148359	13 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
15	0.5	158677	14 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
16	0.5	265116	15 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
17	0.5	278030	16 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	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1976 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	849 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
British Columbia	Canada	3.4 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
Jedney		1047				0	44 km
Kantah Gas Plant		494				0	78 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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