Forest Fire (28038 ha) in Canada 06 Jun 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 1014703
Countries: Canada
Start Date - Last detection*: 06 Jun 2023 - 12 Jun 2023
Duration (days): 6
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 28038 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 625 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 2

Wildfires may trigger insurance premium hikes: Desjardins CEO2023-06-21T23:53+0200.

Article content. “Catastrophes these days are a lot costlier for insurers,” Cormier said Tuesday in an interview in Montreal. “There are new risks, houses that burned down in northern Quebec or the Maritimes. What I see coming in the short
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‘A shockingly low number’: Halifax firefighters only handed out nine f ... 2023-06-21T21:24+0200.

Halifax firefighters have only handed out nine tickets for illegal burning since they started tracking them in 2020. Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency coughed up that number this week when asked how many tickets it had issued for illegal bu
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'A shockingly low number': Halifax firefighters only handed out nine f ... 2023-06-21T20:09+0200.

Halifax firefighters have only handed out nine tickets for illegal burning since they started tracking them in 2020. Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency coughed up that number this week when asked how many tickets it had issued for illegal bu
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Summer set to be sweltering for most of the country: Environment Canad ... 2023-06-21T19:50+0200.

It’s time to break out the sunscreen and air conditioning; this summer is expected to be a scorcher, according to Environment Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada said in a press release that there will most likely be “higher-than-
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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),