Overall Green Forest fire alert in Nepal from 25 Mar 2021 00:00 UTC to 29 Apr 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 1000377
Countries:	Nepal
Start Date - Last detection*:	25 Mar 2021 - 29 Apr 2021
Duration (days):	35
People affected:	6476 in the burned area
Burned area:	11976 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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21 May 11:12

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	6476	11976	21 May 2021 09:19	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Nepal , Zone of Lumbini (population 2,170,072) . The nearest places are Lawamjula, Pokhara, and Jajarkot.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	280000 people
5 km	140000 people
2 km	84000 people
1 km	62000 people
Burned Area	6500 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1786 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Lumbini	Nepal	2.2 million people
Rapti	Nepal	1.1 million people
Dhawalagiri	Nepal	530000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lawamjula	Rapti	Nepal	City	-	84 km
Pokhara	Gandaki	Nepal	City	160000 people	90 km
Jajarkot	Bheri	Nepal	City	-	104 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
Baglung	BGL	unknown				0	59 km
Dang	DNP	unknown				0	74 km
Rolpa	RPA	unknown				0	75 km
Chaurjhari	HRJ	unknown				0	77 km
Bhairawa	BWA	109	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5000	78 km
Pokhara	PKR	824	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4700	90 km
Jomsom	JMO	unknown				0	97 km
Dolpa	DOP	unknown				0	99 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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