Forest Fire (102504 ha) in Canada 28 May 2023

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1014570
Countries: Canada
Start Date - Last detection*: 28 May 2023 - 13 Jun 2023
Duration (days): 16
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 102504 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 5104 01 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 7292 02 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 10581 03 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 10936 04 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
5 0.5 0 11378 05 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
6 0.5 0 15642 06 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
7 0.5 0 29838 07 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
8 0.5 0 54107 08 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
9 0.5 0 69198 09 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
10 0.5 0 72487 10 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
11 0.5 0 75725 11 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
12 0.5 0 82051 12 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
13 0.5 0 101111 13 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
14 0.5 0 102504 14 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Canada , Province of British Columbia (population 3,415,527) .

Radius Population
10 km <1000 people
5 km no people
2 km no people
1 km no people
Burned Area no people

Land Cover area Source
Settlement 304 m2 GHSL


Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
British Columbia Canada 3.4 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
Kantah Gas Plant 494 0 54 km
Jedney 1047 0 79 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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