Overall Green Forest fire alert in Venezuela from 18 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 02 Feb 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 1011707
Countries:	Venezuela
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 Jan 2023 - 02 Feb 2023
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6349 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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29 Jan 06:03 30 Jan 06:03 02 Feb 06:05 03 Feb 06:07

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5285	29 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5375	30 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5508	02 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6349	03 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Venezuela , State of Apure (population 311,564) .

CCI Land Cover

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Apure	Venezuela	310000 people
Barinas	Venezuela	460000 people

Affected populated places

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
El Saman	110	24 km
Santa Rita	112	26 km
El Frio	67	36 km
Achaguas New	50	41 km
La Trinidad	46	44 km
Coco de Mono	116	60 km
Garza	125	61 km
Mantecal	90	62 km
El Progresso	300	67 km
Turagua	103	69 km
Mata de Barbara	80	77 km
La Trinidad	97	78 km
San Leonardo	95	83 km
Merecure	67	88 km
Las Delicias	114	106 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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