Overall Green Forest fire in Canada from 24 Jul 2025 00:00 UTC to 03 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (9008 ha) in Canada 24 Jul 2025

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	WF 1024399
Countries:	Canada
Start Date - Last detection*:	24 Jul 2025 - 03 Aug 2025
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9008 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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01 Aug 03:06 01 Aug 07:06 01 Aug 15:07 01 Aug 19:09 01 Aug 23:10 02 Aug 03:11 02 Aug 07:10 02 Aug 11:12 02 Aug 15:12 02 Aug 19:12 02 Aug 23:13 03 Aug 03:13 03 Aug 07:13 03 Aug 19:15

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5606	01 Aug 2025 02:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5229	01 Aug 2025 06:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6117	01 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6317	01 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS
5	0.5	6390	01 Aug 2025 22:00	GWIS
6	0.5	6625	02 Aug 2025 02:00	GWIS
7	0.5	6582	02 Aug 2025 06:00	GWIS
8	0.5	8481	02 Aug 2025 10:00	GWIS
9	0.5	8823	02 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
10	0.5	8680	02 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS
11	0.5	9091	02 Aug 2025 22:00	GWIS
12	0.5	9109	03 Aug 2025 02:00	GWIS
13	0.5	8846	03 Aug 2025 06:00	GWIS
14	0.5	9008	03 Aug 2025 18:00	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) . The nearest places are and Flin Flon.

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

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Flin Flon	Manitoba	Canada	City	6000 people	96 km

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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
Pukatawagan	XPK	292	Civ.	Unpaved	No	2800	22 km
Sandy Bay		305				0	50 km
Laurie River	LRQ	unknown				0	73 km
Flin Flon	YFO	304	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5000	104 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Whitesand Rapids	Churchill	1930	56 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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