Forest Fire (18779 ha) in Russian Federation 12 May 2022

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 1006099
Countries: Russian Federation
Start Date - Last detection*: 12 May 2022 - 27 May 2022
Duration (days): 15
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 18779 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 12287 15 May 2022 03:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 12866 16 May 2022 03:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 13490 17 May 2022 03:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 13723 18 May 2022 03:00 GWIS
5 0.5 0 14335 19 May 2022 03:00 GWIS
6 0.5 0 14465 23 May 2022 03:00 GWIS
7 0.5 0 14980 25 May 2022 03:00 GWIS
8 0.5 0 17292 26 May 2022 03:00 GWIS
9 0.5 0 18779 27 May 2022 03:00 GWIS
10 0.5 0 18904 28 May 2022 03:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

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Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Russian Federation , Region of Tomskaya oblast' (population 1,034,808) .

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
Tomskaya oblast' Russian Federation 1 million people

Affected populated places

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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
Tsentralnyy / Volkovo 120 0 81 km
Pavlo Yugino 120 0 85 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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