Overall Green Forest fire alert in Myanmar from 04 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC to 08 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 1011871
Countries:	Myanmar
Start Date - Last detection*:	04 Feb 2023 - 08 Feb 2023
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6746 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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06 Feb 19:00 07 Feb 07:01 08 Feb 07:01 09 Feb 07:04

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5197	06 Feb 2023 16:10	GWIS
2	0.5	5572	07 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6584	08 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6746	09 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Myanmar , Division of Magwe (population 4,104,855) . The nearest places are Thayetmyo, Taungup, Pye, Shwedaung, and Kyangin.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	10000 people
5 km	1900 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	76 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Magwe	Myanmar	4.1 million people
Arakan State	Myanmar	2.6 million people
Pegu	Myanmar	4.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Thayetmyo	Magway	Myanmar	City	97000 people	53 km
Taungup	Rakhine	Myanmar	City	-	60 km
Pye	Bago	Myanmar	City	-	60 km
Shwedaung	Bago	Myanmar	City	-	68 km
Kyangin	Ayeyarwaddy	Myanmar	City	-	101 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
Prome	PRU	37	Civ.	Paved	No	4500	64 km
Sandoway	SNW	6	Civ.	Paved	No	4700	85 km
Ann		22				0	103 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Prome		Myanmar	62 km
Sandoway		Myanmar	79 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Taungnawin	Taungnawin Creek	n/a	91 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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