Overall Green Forest fire alert in Türkiye from 29 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC to 02 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (11926 ha) in Türkiye 29 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 1001252
Countries:	Türkiye
Start Date - Last detection*:	29 Jul 2021 - 05 Aug 2021
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	7597 in the burned area
Burned area:	11926 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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31 Jul 05:45 03 Aug 05:46 03 Aug 16:45

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6918	8778	31 Jul 2021 03:05	GWIS
2	0.5	7597	11928	03 Aug 2021 03:06	GWIS
3	0.5	7597	11926	03 Aug 2021 14:18	GWIS
4	0.5	8184	12674	05 Aug 2021 03:06	GWIS
5	0.5	8407	12893	06 Aug 2021 03:03	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

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Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Marmaris	TRMRM	Turkey	12 km
Aksaz		Turkey	19 km
Gokova Iskelesi	TRGKV	Turkey	34 km
Simi Island		Greece	35 km
Rhodes	GRRHO	Greece	37 km
Alimnia Island		Greece	72 km
Bodrum	TRBXN	Turkey	73 km
Gulluk	TRGUL	Turkey	75 km
Lindos		Greece	80 km
Megalo Khorio		Greece	80 km
Khalki Island		Greece	80 km
Kos	GRKGS	Greece	82 km
Fethiye	TRFET	Turkey	84 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Kemer	Akcay	1954	94 km

Nuclear plants

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