Forest Fire (8135 ha) in Cambodia 21 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 1011735
Countries: Cambodia
Start Date - Last detection*: 21 Jan 2023 - 06 Feb 2023
Duration (days): 16
People affected: 7 in the burned area
Burned area: 8135 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 6 5877 31 Jan 2023 04:00 GWIS
2 0.5 5 6218 01 Feb 2023 04:00 GWIS
3 0.5 5 6359 02 Feb 2023 04:00 GWIS
4 0.5 6 6563 03 Feb 2023 04:00 GWIS
5 0.5 6 6611 04 Feb 2023 04:00 GWIS
6 0.5 6 7175 05 Feb 2023 04:00 GWIS
7 0.5 6 7804 06 Feb 2023 04:00 GWIS
8 0.5 7 8135 06 Feb 2023 16:10 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Cambodia , Province of Preah Vihear (population 95,355) .

Radius Population
10 km 4700 people
5 km 3100 people
2 km 2000 people
1 km 1400 people
Burned Area <1000 people

Land Cover area Source
Protected Area 6837 ha WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Preah Vihear Cambodia 95000 people
Siemreab-Otdar Meanchey Cambodia 650000 people
Kampong Thum Cambodia 520000 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 IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Phnom Thbeng Meanchey OMY unknown 0 59 km
Kampong Thum Hiway Strip 10 0 74 km
Siem Reap REP 7 Civ. Paved No 8300 94 km
Krakor KZD unknown 0 108 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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