Overall Green Forest fire alert in Mexico from 25 Apr 2024 00:00 UTC to 08 May 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (7292 ha) in Mexico 25 Apr 2024

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 1019657
Countries:	Mexico
Start Date - Last detection*:	25 Apr 2024 - 08 May 2024
Duration (days):	13
People affected:	5 in the burned area
Burned area:	7292 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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05 May 08:21 06 May 08:21 07 May 08:20 08 May 08:21 09 May 08:23

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	0	5310	05 May 2024 08:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6	6504	06 May 2024 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5	7211	07 May 2024 08:01	GWIS
4	0.5	5	7198	08 May 2024 08:01	GWIS
5	0.5	5	7292	09 May 2024 08:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Mexico , State of Guerrero (population 2,867,451) . The nearest places are Coyuca de Catalán, Huetamo, Petatlán, and Tecpan.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	4800 people
5 km	1300 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Guerrero	Mexico	2.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Coyuca de Catalán	Guerrero	Mexico	City	-	31 km
Huetamo	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	City	22000 people	61 km
Petatlán	Guerrero	Mexico	City	20000 people	76 km
Tecpan	Guerrero	Mexico	City	14000 people	99 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
Santa Barbara		299				0	35 km
Huetamo		300				0	49 km
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo International	ZIH	6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200	84 km

Ports

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Andres Figueroa	Ajuchitlan	1983	36 km
Vicente Guerrero	Poliutla	1968	70 km
El Gallo	Cutzamala	1985	71 km
Carlos Ramirez Ulloa	Balsas	1986	92 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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