Forest Fire (5046 ha) in Canada 23 May 2023

Event summary

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

GDACS ID WF 1014515
Countries: Canada
Start Date - Last detection*: 23 May 2023 - 28 May 2023
Duration (days): 5
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 5046 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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AP News Summary at 5:37 p.m. EDT2023-06-06T23:45+0200.

Canada wildfires are leading to air-quality alerts in US. Here's how to stay safe. Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. Wind has c
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Roundup: Wildfire smoke makes air quality dangerously poor in Ottawa2023-06-06T23:38+0200.

OTTAWA, June 6 (Xinhua) -- As wildfires blazed in western Quebec and northern Ontario near Ottawa, the air quality of Canada's capital city was so bad that it cracked through the top of a risk scale on Tuesday. Environment Canada warned tha
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Roundup: Wildfire smoke makes air quality dangerously poor in Ottawa2023-06-06T23:36+0200.

OTTAWA, June 6 (Xinhua) -- As wildfires blazed in western Quebec and northern Ontario near Ottawa, the air quality of Canada's capital city was so bad that it cracked through the top of a risk scale on Tuesday. Environment Canada warned tha
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Toronto-area schools changing outdoor breaks amidst wildfire smoke2023-06-06T23:16+0200.

RELATED: Alberta, Nova Scotia and Quebec have seen large swaths of land and even homes consumed by fire. Ontario has seen active forest fires increase, particularly in the province’s northeast. As Shallima Maharaj reports, officials are on
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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),