Overall Green Forest fire alert in Canada from 29 Jul 2025 00:00 UTC to 04 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6584 ha) in Canada 29 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 1024402
Countries:	Canada
Start Date - Last detection*:	29 Jul 2025 - 04 Aug 2025
Duration (days):	6
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6584 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	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5158	01 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5277	01 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5298	01 Aug 2025 22:00	GWIS
4	0.5	5718	02 Aug 2025 02:00	GWIS
5	0.5	5285	02 Aug 2025 06:00	GWIS
6	0.5	5400	02 Aug 2025 10:00	GWIS
7	0.5	5562	02 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS
8	0.5	6267	02 Aug 2025 22:00	GWIS
9	0.5	6412	03 Aug 2025 06:00	GWIS
10	0.5	6097	03 Aug 2025 10:00	GWIS
11	0.5	6580	03 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS
12	0.5	6594	04 Aug 2025 10:00	GWIS
13	0.5	6584	08 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Canada , Province of Saskatchewan (population 1,029,142) .

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
Saskatchewan	Canada	1 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
Beauval		434				0	27 km
Dore Lake		477				0	51 km
Ile-a-la-Crosse		425				0	63 km
Meadow Lake	YLJ	480	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	96 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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