Overall Green Forest fire alert in Myanmar from 17 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 30 Jan 2023 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 1011516
Countries:	Myanmar
Start Date - Last detection*:	17 Jan 2023 - 05 Feb 2023
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	13058 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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22 Jan 06:00 23 Jan 06:01 26 Jan 06:02 27 Jan 06:02 31 Jan 06:04

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	0	5693	22 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	0	7516	23 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	0	7522	26 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	0	7597	27 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	0	13058	31 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	0	13896	01 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	0	14817	02 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	1217	15046	03 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	1217	15118	06 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Myanmar , State of Shan State (population 3,870,921) . The nearest places are Taunggyi, Pyinmana, and Ela.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	45000 people
5 km	22000 people
2 km	15000 people
1 km	7600 people
Burned Area	1200 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	950 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	1585 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Shan State	Myanmar	3.9 million people
Kayah State	Myanmar	200000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Taunggyi	Shan	Myanmar	City	160000 people	73 km
Pyinmana	Mandalay	Myanmar	City	97000 people	92 km
Ela	Mandalay	Myanmar	City	-	96 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
Loikaw	LIW	896	Civ.	Paved	No	5200	53 km
Heho	HEH	1176	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6000	72 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Mobye	Baluchaung	1971	39 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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