Overall Green Forest fire alert in Myanmar from 18 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 06 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (14219 ha) in Myanmar 18 Jan 2023

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 1011638
Countries:	Myanmar
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 Jan 2023 - 06 Feb 2023
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	14219 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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25 Jan 06:00 26 Jan 06:01 27 Jan 06:01 28 Jan 06:02 29 Jan 06:03 30 Jan 06:03 31 Jan 06:03 01 Feb 06:04 02 Feb 06:04 03 Feb 06:07 04 Feb 07:12 05 Feb 07:11 06 Feb 07:23 06 Feb 19:10 07 Feb 07:15

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5123	25 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5930	26 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6201	27 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6843	28 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	8086	29 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	8537	30 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	8988	31 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	9636	01 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	9854	02 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
10	0.5	10320	03 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
11	0.5	10421	04 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
12	0.5	12168	05 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
13	0.5	13228	06 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
14	0.5	14033	06 Feb 2023 16:10	GWIS
15	0.5	14219	07 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 and Taunggyi.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	87000 people
5 km	40000 people
2 km	14000 people
1 km	6500 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1330 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Shan State	Myanmar	3.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Taunggyi	Shan	Myanmar	City	160000 people	25 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
Heho	HEH	1176	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6000	37 km
Namsang	NMS	945	Civ.	Paved	No	12000	76 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Kinda	Panlaung	1986	75 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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