Overall Green Forest fire alert in Russian Federation from 04 May 2021 00:00 UTC to 10 May 2021 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (22775 ha) in Russian Federation 04 May 2021

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 1000237
Countries:	Russian Federation
Start Date - Last detection*:	04 May 2021 - 10 May 2021
Duration (days):	6
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	22775 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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06 May 05:45 07 May 05:46 08 May 05:47 09 May 05:47 10 May 05:52 11 May 05:54

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6951	06 May 2021 05:01	GWIS
2	0.5	9583	07 May 2021 05:02	GWIS
3	0.5	17055	08 May 2021 05:02	GWIS
4	0.5	19884	09 May 2021 05:02	GWIS
5	0.5	21037	10 May 2021 05:02	GWIS
6	0.5	22775	11 May 2021 05:02	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Russian Federation , Region of Kurganskaya oblast' (population 1,135,314) . The nearest places are Shadrinsk, Troitskiy Talitsa, Yushala, Tugulym, and Baykalovo.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	2500 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kurganskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	1.1 million people
Sverdlovskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	4.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Shadrinsk	Kurganskaya	Russia	City	79000 people	49 km
Troitskiy Talitsa	Sverdlovskaya	Russia	City	-	70 km
Yushala	Sverdlovskaya	Russia	City	4100 people	71 km
Tugulym	Sverdlovskaya	Russia	City	6100 people	77 km
Baykalovo	Sverdlovskaya	Russia	City	6000 people	107 km

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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
Shardinsk		137				0	52 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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