Forest Fire (8810 ha) in Canada 18 Jul 2026

Event summary

Forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1029577
Countries: Canada
Start Date - Last detection*: 18 Jul 2026 - 25 Jul 2026
Duration (days): 7
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 8810 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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4,000 people evacuated from tourist sites as France faces ''toughest''.. 7/28/2026 7:55:00 PM.

On a visit to a crisis centre in Bordeaux on Tuesday, Macron warned that “the coming weeks will be tough and we have to hold out”. In Spain, meanwhile, a woman who had been injured in a wildfire in the southern province of Almeria this mont
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Mondo Il maxi-rogo in Gironda e la “tempesta di fuoco”: ecco cos’è un .. 7/28/2026 7:39:00 PM.

Nella lotta contro il fuoco nella regione francese della Gironda, i pompieri hanno dovuto fare i conti anche con un “temporale di fuoco”. Si trattava di un cosiddetto pirocumulonembo, una enorme nube generata dall’incendio stesso che scaten
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As Trump threatens wildfire smoke tariffs, Canada looks to reduce fire.. 7/28/2026 2:46:00 PM.

But experts say Canada''s worsening fire seasons reflect a harder reality: not every blaze, or the smoke that comes from it, can be stopped. "Saying that you would need to extinguish very huge fires like this is similar to trying to stop a
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New evacuation from tourist sites near Bordeaux as France and Spain fi.. 7/28/2026 2:12:00 PM.

The evacuation of nearly 4,000 people from tourist sites on France’s Atlantic coast is under way as the return of winds and extreme heat jeopardised firefighters’ battles to contain wildfires raging to the west of Bordeaux. The precautionar
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (28), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1), (1),