Overall Green Forest fire alert in Canada from 30 Jun 2021 00:00 UTC to 02 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC

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 1000466
Countries:	Canada
Start Date - Last detection*:	30 Jun 2021 - 02 Jul 2021
Duration (days):	2
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	22144 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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01 Jul 05:45 04 Jul 05:47

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	12839	01 Jul 2021 05:02	GWIS
2		0.5	0	22144	04 Jul 2021 05:02	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) .

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	529 ha	WDPA

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
Echo Valley		1109				0	29 km
Lillooet		402				0	34 km
Cache Creek		620				0	51 km
Ashcroft	YZA	unknown				0	56 km
One Zero Eight Mile Airport	ZMH	953	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4800	95 km
Springhouse Airpark		991				0	110 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Terzaghi	Bridge	1960	28 km
Seton Lake	Seton	Seton Creek	1956	34 km
	Lajoie	Bridge	1955	64 km
	Highland	Pukaist	1976	73 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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