Overall Green Forest fire alert in India from 19 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC to 01 Nov 2021 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (9513 ha) in India 19 Oct 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 1002757
Countries:	India
Start Date - Last detection*:	19 Oct 2021 - 04 Nov 2021
Duration (days):	16
People affected:	26991 in the burned area
Burned area:	9513 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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24 Oct 03:46 02 Nov 18:17

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	21943	6035	24 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	26991	9513	02 Nov 2021 17:07	GWIS
3	0.5	35812	14130	04 Nov 2021 10:56	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in India , State of Punjab (population 21,384,510) . The nearest places are Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jullundur, Phagwara, Batala, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Ludhiana, Kathua, and Moga.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	600000 people
5 km	270000 people
2 km	140000 people
1 km	100000 people
Burned Area	36000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	119548 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Punjab	India	21.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kapurthala	Punjab	India	City	85000 people	27 km
Jullundur	Punjab	India	City	-	31 km
Phagwara	Punjab	India	City	96000 people	35 km
Batala	Punjab	India	City	140000 people	38 km
Hoshiarpur	Punjab	India	City	150000 people	39 km
Gurdaspur	Punjab	India	City	68000 people	50 km
Amritsar	Punjab	India	Major city	1.1 million people	61 km
Pathankot	Punjab	India	City	160000 people	76 km
Ludhiana	Punjab	India	City	1.2 million people	82 km
Kathua	Jammu & Kashmir	India	City	48000 people	86 km
Jagraoh	Punjab	India	City	-	90 km
Moga	Punjab	India	City	130000 people	92 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
Adampur		236				0	29 km
Amritsar	ATQ	230	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9100	69 km
Pathankot	IXP	310	Mil.	Paved	No	9100	72 km
Ludhiana	LUH	246	Civ.	Paved	No	4800	92 km
Halwara		241				0	94 km
Dharamsala Gaggal	DHM	unknown				0	96 km
Kangra		767				0	96 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Beas	Pong Dam	Beas	1974	59 km
	Nangal Dam	Satluj	1954	84 km
Govind	Bhakra Dam	Sutluj	1963	90 km
	Thein Dam	Ravi	2000	98 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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