Overall Green Forest fire alert in Canada from 02 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC to 05 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (10203 ha) in Canada 02 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 1014636
Countries:	Canada
Start Date - Last detection*:	02 Jun 2023 - 05 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	10203 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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05 Jun 12:01 06 Jun 12:04

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	8382	05 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	10203	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 Quebec (population 7,176,389) .

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	304 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	66 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
Baie Comeau	YBC	22	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6000	59 km
Forestville	YFE	91				0	95 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Baie Comeau	CABCO	Canada	56 km
Forestville	CAFRV	Canada	94 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Outardes 3	Outardes 3	Outardes	1968	8 km
Manic Trois	Manicouagan 3	Manicouagan	1975	22 km
Outardes 4	Outardes 4	Outardes	1969	23 km
	Manicouagan 2	Manicouagan	1965	36 km
	McCormick	Manicouagan	1952	48 km
Outardes 2	Outardes 2	Outardes	1978	50 km
	Bersimis 2		1959	59 km
Ste. Anne	Lac Ste. Anne Principal	Toulnustouc	1955	81 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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