Overall Green Forest fire alert in China from 01 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC to 04 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (9060 ha) in China 01 Feb 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 1011758
Countries:	China
Start Date - Last detection*:	01 Feb 2023 - 04 Feb 2023
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	88 in the burned area
Burned area:	9060 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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02 Feb 06:00 03 Feb 06:00 04 Feb 07:01 05 Feb 07:02

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	90	8798	02 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	90	8863	03 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	88	9057	04 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	88	9060	05 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in China , Province of Sichuan (population 118,811,800) . The nearest places are Dechang, Weicheng, Ho-pien-tsun, Yanyuan, Puge, Meiyu, Huili, Xichang, Ningnan, and Panzhihua.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	47000 people
5 km	22000 people
2 km	13000 people
1 km	4900 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sichuan	China	118.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Dechang	Sichuan	China	City	-	25 km
Weicheng	Sichuan	China	City	-	38 km
Ho-pien-tsun	Sichuan	China	City	-	49 km
Yanyuan	Sichuan	China	City	-	49 km
Puge	Sichuan	China	City	-	60 km
Meiyu	Sichuan	China	City	-	60 km
Huili	Sichuan	China	City	-	74 km
Xichang	Sichuan	China	City	120000 people	75 km
Ningnan	Sichuan	China	City	-	81 km
Panzhihua	Sichuan	China	City	460000 people	84 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
Xichang		1524				0	75 km
Xichang North	XIC	1583	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11800	81 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Ertan	Yalong Jiang	2000	54 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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