Overall Green Forest fire alert in Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran from 06 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 25 Jun 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 1006531
Countries:	Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Jun 2022 - 25 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7916 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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21 Jun 07:52 22 Jun 04:56 23 Jun 04:58 24 Jun 05:04 25 Jun 05:01 26 Jun 05:09

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7621	21 Jun 2022 06:27	GWIS
2	0.5	7730	22 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7808	23 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	7823	24 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	7855	25 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	7916	26 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Iraq , Governorate of Maysan (population 553,336) . The nearest places are As Sulayb, and Al Amarah.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	7028 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maysan	Iraq	550000 people
Khuzestan	Islamic Republic of Iran	3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
As Sulayb	Maysan	Iraq	City	-	43 km
Al Amarah	Maysan	Iraq	City	-	60 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Qalat Salih	14	45 km
Amara New	10	66 km
Dezful Highway Strip	119	98 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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