Forest Fire (10357 ha) in Canada 26 Jul 2021

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1001232
Countries: Canada
Start Date - Last detection*: 26 Jul 2021 - 03 Aug 2021
Duration (days): 8
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 10357 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Yelantsevv/iStock. (YAKUTSK, Russia) — Gigantic wildfires are burning across Siberia on a record scale that is larger than all the fires raging this summer around the world combined. The massive blazes in Russia are fueled in part by extrem
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Siberian wildfires now bigger than all other fires in world combined2021-08-12T20:55+0200.

The worst hit region is Yakutia, a vast semi-autonomous republic around 3,000 miles east of Moscow that in winter is one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth. The fires have been burning since late spring in Yakutia and are already amon
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Ener2Crowd, per incendi in Italia +7,1% emissioni nel 2021 (2)2021-08-12T18:45+0200.

(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 AGO - "Il danno ambientale diretto legato all'aumento della CO2 causato dagli incendi è stimabile in circa 154 miliardi di euro, mentre gli investimenti necessari per compensare queste emissioni vanno dai 123 miliardi di e
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British Columbians most worried about climate change nationally: poll2021-08-12T17:59+0200.

After sweltering heat waves melted records and as wildfires continue to displace residents across the province, a recent poll suggests British Columbians are the most concerned about climate change in Canada. An Abacus Data poll that survey
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),