Overall Green Forest fire alert in Cambodia from 14 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 26 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 1011634
Countries:	Cambodia
Start Date - Last detection*:	14 Jan 2023 - 02 Feb 2023
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	8 in the burned area
Burned area:	6509 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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24 Jan 06:02 27 Jan 06:04

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	8	6475	24 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	8	6509	27 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	9	7105	28 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	9	7272	29 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	9	7821	31 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	9	7821	01 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	9	8147	02 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	12	9019	03 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Cambodia , Province of Rotanokiri (population 61,300) . The nearest places are and Plây Cu.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	6400 people
5 km	5400 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	4826 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Rotanokiri	Cambodia	61000 people
Mondol Kiri	Cambodia	22000 people
Gia Lai	Viet Nam	740000 people
Dac Lac	Viet Nam	1.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Plây Cu	Gia Lai	Vietnam	City	110000 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
Duc County		367				0	48 km
Ratanakiri	RBE	324	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3900	53 km
Plei Djereng		291				0	67 km
Oasis		539				0	68 km
Hensel		771				0	87 km
Plei Do Lim		664				0	92 km
Pleiku Area	PXU	750	Civ.	Paved	No	6000	95 km
Buon Blech		640				0	97 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Yali	Se San	2001	102 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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