Overall Green Forest fire alert in Laos, Cambodia from 17 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 28 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 1011688
Countries:	Laos, Cambodia
Start Date - Last detection*:	17 Jan 2023 - 28 Jan 2023
Duration (days):	11
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6980 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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28 Jan 06:02 29 Jan 06:03

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	6073	28 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	6980	29 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Laos , Province of Champasak (population 531,170) . The nearest places are and Muang Không.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	34000 people
5 km	6300 people
2 km	3500 people
1 km	2000 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	2379 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Champasak	Laos	530000 people
Stoeng Treng	Cambodia	53000 people
Preah Vihear	Cambodia	95000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Muang Không	Champasak	Laos	City	13000 people	26 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
Khong Khong Island	KOG	unknown				0	27 km
Stung Treng	TNX	60	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4200	55 km
Ratanakiri	RBE	324	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3900	104 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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