Forest Fire (7595 ha) in Spain 10 Sep 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 1002374
Countries: Spain
Start Date - Last detection*: 10 Sep 2021 - 12 Sep 2021
Duration (days): 2
People affected: 5 in the burned area
Burned area: 7595 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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13 Sep 03:47

Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 5 7595 13 Sep 2021 03:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Spain , Autonomous Community of Andalucia (population 6,949,643) . The nearest places are Gibraltar, Málaga, Jerez, Tanger, Tétouan, Estepona, Ronda, Marbella, Ubrique, San Roque, and Puente-Genil.

Radius Population
10 km 59000 people
5 km 19000 people
2 km 3600 people
1 km 1600 people
Burned Area <1000 people

Land Cover area Source
Settlement 418 m2 GHSL
Protected Area 1212 ha WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Andalucia Spain 6.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Estepona Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 53000 people 11 km
Ronda Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 35000 people 24 km
Marbella Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 120000 people 28 km
Ubrique Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 17000 people 28 km
San Roque Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 25000 people 39 km
La Línea Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 58000 people 42 km
Gibraltar Gibraltar Capital 26000 people 46 km
Los Barrios Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 20000 people 46 km
Alhaurín el Grande Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 18000 people 48 km
Algeciras Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 110000 people 49 km
Mijas Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 53000 people 50 km
Fuengirola Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 60000 people 51 km
Villamartín Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 12000 people 54 km
Álora Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 12000 people 55 km
Cártama Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 14000 people 55 km
Alhaurín de la Torre Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 24000 people 58 km
Arcos de la Frontera Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 29000 people 60 km
Medina-Sidonia Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 11000 people 65 km
Tarifa Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 17000 people 67 km
Morón Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 27000 people 70 km
Ceuta Ceuta Spain City 74000 people 70 km
Málaga Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain Major city 530000 people 73 km
Barbate de Franco Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City - 74 km
Vejer de la Frontera Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City - 75 km
La Puebla de Cazalla Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 11000 people 78 km
Antequera Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 43000 people 79 km
Osuna Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 17000 people 80 km
Chiclana de la Frontera Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City - 85 km
Jerez Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain Major city 190000 people 86 km
El Arahal Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City - 88 km
Utrera Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 47000 people 89 km
Estepa Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 12000 people 90 km
Marchena Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City 19000 people 91 km
Tanger Morocco Major city 3 million people 99 km
Puente-Genil Andalucía (Andalusia) Spain City - 104 km
Tétouan Morocco Major city 320000 people 106 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
Gibraltar GIB 5 0 44 km
Torremolinos UTL unknown 0 63 km
Malaga AGP 16 Civ. Paved Yes 10400 65 km
Jerez XRY 28 Civ. Paved Yes 7500 81 km
Moron AB OZP 87 Mil. Paved Yes 11800 81 km
Sania Ramel TTU 10 Civ. Paved Yes 7500 104 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Estepona Spain 12 km
Marbella Spain 28 km
La Linea Spain 42 km
Gibraltar GIGIB Gibraltar 46 km
Algeciras ESALG Spain 49 km
Fuengirola Spain 51 km
Torremolinas Spain 64 km
Tarifa ESTRF Spain 67 km
Ceuta ESCEU Spain 70 km
Malaga ESAGP Spain 73 km
Barbate Spain 75 km
Alcazar Zeguer Morocco 80 km
Cape Trafalgar Spain 81 km
Tangier MATNG Morocco 97 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
La Concepcion Verde 1971 21 km
Guadarranque Guadarranque 1965 34 km
Los Hurones Majaceite 1964 36 km
Zahara Guadalete 1992 40 km
Charco Redondo Palmones 1983 44 km
Barbate Barbate 1992 51 km
Guadalcacin 2 Majaceite 1995 55 km
Celemin Celemin 1972 57 km
Conde de Guadalhorce Conde de Guadalhorce Ardales 1921 57 km
Bornos Guadalete 1961 58 km
Guadalhorce Guadalhorce Guadalhorce 1973 59 km
Guadalteba Guadalteba Guadalteba 1972 59 km
Puebla de Cazalla Corbones 1994 67 km
Torre del Aguila Salado de Moron 1947 76 km
Sghir Sghir 1991 95 km

Nuclear plants

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