Overall Green Forest fire alert in China from 04 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC to 07 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 1011873
Countries:	China
Start Date - Last detection*:	04 Feb 2023 - 07 Feb 2023
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	32 in the burned area
Burned area:	6351 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 07:00 08 Feb 07:03

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	32	5505	06 Feb 2023 16:10	GWIS
2	0.5	32	5764	07 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	32	6351	08 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in China , Province of Yunnan (population 40,970,460) . The nearest places are Yüan-chiang, Mo-chiang, Hsin-fu, Haikou, and Anning.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	96000 people
5 km	83000 people
2 km	45000 people
1 km	10000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1938 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Yunnan	China	41 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Yüan-chiang	Yunnan	China	City	-	60 km
Mo-chiang	Yunnan	China	City	-	83 km
Hsin-fu	Yunnan	China	City	-	98 km
Haikou	Yunnan	China	City	110000 people	99 km
Anning	Yunnan	China	City	-	100 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Dongfeng	Qu Jiang	1960	65 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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