Forest Fire (101111 ha) in Canada 28 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 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: 101111 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1170 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 2

Pollution spreads from Canada's wildfires: 'Could last for months'2023-06-22T22:13+0200.

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OceanGate Expeditions believes all 5 people on board the missing subme ... 2023-06-22T21:07+0200.

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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),