Overall Green Forest fire alert in Canada from 01 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC to 20 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (183087 ha) in Canada 01 Jun 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 1014620
Countries:	Canada
Start Date - Last detection*:	01 Jun 2023 - 20 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	183087 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	10872	04 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
2	0.5	13731	05 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	21904	06 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	35699	07 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	42896	08 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
6	0.5	44591	09 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
7	0.5	45145	10 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
8	0.5	45505	12 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
9	0.5	160952	13 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
10	0.5	177672	14 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
11	0.5	179511	15 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
12	0.5	180147	16 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
13	0.5	181300	17 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
14	0.5	182502	18 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
15	0.5	182709	19 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
16	0.5	183087	20 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) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	2300 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	798 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	1206 ha	WDPA

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
Lebel Sur Quevillon	YLS	293				0	38 km
Senneterre		337				0	87 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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