Overall Green Forest fire alert in Spain from 14 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC to 17 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (28094 ha) in Spain 14 Aug 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 1001952
Countries:	Spain
Start Date - Last detection*:	14 Aug 2021 - 17 Aug 2021
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	1054 in the burned area
Burned area:	28094 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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16 Aug 04:45 17 Aug 04:52 17 Aug 09:46 18 Aug 04:45

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	926	20089	16 Aug 2021 03:02	GWIS
2	0.5	1054	27486	17 Aug 2021 03:02	GWIS
3	0.5	1054	28080	17 Aug 2021 08:42	GWIS
4	0.5	1054	28094	18 Aug 2021 03:02	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Spain , Autonomous Community of Castilla y Leon (population 2,653,801) . The nearest places are Salamanca, Móstoles, Alcorcón, Fuenlabrada, Ávila, Talavera de la Reina, Collado Villalba, Béjar, Segovia, Pozuelo de Alarcón, and Medina del Campo.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	24000 people
5 km	7500 people
2 km	3800 people
1 km	2200 people
Burned Area	1100 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	27892 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	147 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Castilla y Leon	Spain	2.7 million people
Castilla-La Mancha	Spain	1.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ávila	Castilla y León	Spain	City	50000 people	22 km
Talavera de la Reina	Castilla-La Mancha	Spain	City	80000 people	60 km
Collado Villalba	Madrid	Spain	City	51000 people	75 km
Béjar	Castilla y León	Spain	City	15000 people	78 km
Segovia	Castilla y León	Spain	City	55000 people	80 km
Salamanca	Castilla y León	Spain	Major city	160000 people	85 km
Móstoles	Madrid	Spain	Major city	200000 people	87 km
Pozuelo de Alarcón	Madrid	Spain	City	69000 people	89 km
Alcorcón	Madrid	Spain	Major city	160000 people	90 km
Navalmoral de la Mata	Extremadura	Spain	City	17000 people	90 km
Medina del Campo	Castilla y León	Spain	City	20000 people	90 km
Fuenlabrada	Madrid	Spain	Major city	200000 people	94 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
La Iglesuela		430				0	29 km
Fuentemilanos		998				0	68 km
Salamanca	SLM	793	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200	74 km
Cuatro Vientos		690	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	92 km
Mojados		708				0	105 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Las Cogotas	Adaja	1993	28 km
	El Burguillo	Alberche	1913	29 km
			1955	49 km
	Picadas	Alberche	1952	55 km
	La Acena	Acena	1989	55 km
	Navalcan	Guadyerbas	1977	56 km
	Rosarito	Tietar	1958	59 km
	Santa Teresa Saddle Dam	Tormes	1960	65 km
	Valmayor	Aulencia	1975	69 km
	Navacerrada	Navacerrada	1968	76 km
	Azutan	Tajo	1969	83 km
	Castrejon	Tajo	1967	88 km
	El Pardo	Manzanares	1970	91 km
	Santillana	Manzanares	1978	91 km
Valdecanas	Valdecanas	Tajo	1964	103 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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