Overall Green Forest fire alert in Türkiye from 29 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC to 05 Aug 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 1001252
Countries:	Türkiye
Start Date - Last detection*:	29 Jul 2021 - 05 Aug 2021
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	8407 in the burned area
Burned area:	12893 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 05 Aug 05:51 06 Aug 13:55

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:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Turkey , Province of Mugla (population 610,924) . The nearest places are Marmaris, Ródhos, Sími, Ortaca, Mugla, Dalaman, Yatagan, Milâs, Bodrum, Kos, and Çine.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	74000 people
5 km	69000 people
2 km	42000 people
1 km	29000 people
Burned Area	8400 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	81966 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mugla	Turkey	610000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Marmaris	Mugla	Turkey	City	33000 people	13 km
Ródhos		Greece	City	-	36 km
Sími	Mugla	Greece	City	-	37 km
Ortaca	Mugla	Turkey	City	20000 people	51 km
Mugla	Mugla	Turkey	City	47000 people	52 km
Dalaman	Mugla	Turkey	City	19000 people	54 km
Yatagan	Mugla	Turkey	City	-	64 km
Milâs	Mugla	Turkey	City	43000 people	71 km
Bodrum	Mugla	Turkey	City	39000 people	74 km
Kos		Greece	City	19000 people	82 km
Fethiye	Mugla	Turkey	City	59000 people	84 km
Çine	Aydin	Turkey	City	20000 people	95 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
Diagoras	RHO	4	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10600	41 km
Maritsa		62	Civ.	Paved	No	7800	43 km
Dalaman	DLM	7	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	54 km
Bodrum Imsik	BXN	unknown				0	62 km
Milas Bodrum	BJV	6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	71 km

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	71 km
Bodrum	TRBXN	Turkey	73 km
Gulluk	TRGUL	Turkey	75 km
Lindos		Greece	79 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

More information

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