Overall Green Forest fire alert in Türkiye from 28 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC to 30 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (7914 ha) in Türkiye 28 Jul 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 1001228
Countries:	Türkiye
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Jul 2021 - 30 Jul 2021
Duration (days):	2
People affected:	1840 in the burned area
Burned area:	7914 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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30 Jul 12:46 31 Jul 05:46

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	149	5675	30 Jul 2021 09:56	GWIS
2		0.5	1840	7914	31 Jul 2021 03:05	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Turkey , Province of Icel (population 1,375,311) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	15000 people
5 km	12000 people
2 km	9900 people
1 km	8100 people
Burned Area	1800 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	7752 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Icel	Turkey	1.4 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
Pinarbashi		239				0	101 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Ovacik		Turkey	38 km
Anamur	TRANA	Turkey	41 km
Tasucu	TRTAS	Turkey	57 km
Kyrenia	CYKYR	Cyprus	94 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Godet	Godet	1988	103 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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