Overall Green Forest fire alert in Argentina from 29 Dec 2021 00:00 UTC to 08 Jan 2022 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 1003772
Countries:	Argentina
Start Date - Last detection*:	29 Dec 2021 - 17 Jan 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	8404 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6333	02 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6620	06 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7118	07 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	7307	08 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	8404	09 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	9515	10 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	9959	11 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	10893	14 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	12240	15 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS
10	0.5	18381	16 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS
11	0.5	19301	17 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS
12	0.5	20358	18 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Argentina , Province of Santa Fe (population 2,899,782) . The nearest places are Santa Sylvina, Coronel du Graty, and Villa Ángela.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Santa Fe	Argentina	2.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Santa Sylvina	Chaco	Argentina	City	-	70 km
Coronel du Graty	Chaco	Argentina	City	-	77 km
Villa Ángela	Chaco	Argentina	City	-	86 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
Villa Angela		75				0	85 km
Villa Minetti		75				0	91 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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