Overall Red Forest fire alert in Chile from 02 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC to 15 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1012119
Countries:	Chile
Start Date - Last detection*:	02 Feb 2023 - 15 Feb 2023
Duration (days):	13
People affected:	3946 in the burned area
Burned area:	40563 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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14 Feb 07:17 15 Feb 07:16 16 Feb 07:15

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	2.5	3946	40518	14 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	2.5	3946	40541	15 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	2.5	3946	40563	16 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Chile , Region of Bio-Bio (population 1,789,433) . The nearest places are Concepción, Talcahuano, Coronel, Lota, Chillán, San Carlos, Cauquenes, Los Ángeles, and Curanilahue.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	120000 people
5 km	63000 people
2 km	52000 people
1 km	33000 people
Burned Area	3900 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	16910 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bio-Bio	Chile	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Concepción	Bio-Bio	Chile	Major city	210000 people	26 km
Talcahuano	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	250000 people	27 km
Coronel	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	91000 people	50 km
Lota	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	49000 people	56 km
Chillán	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	160000 people	68 km
San Carlos	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	31000 people	85 km
Cauquenes	Maule	Chile	City	31000 people	90 km
Los Ángeles	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	160000 people	101 km
Curanilahue	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	30000 people	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
Carriel Sur International	CCP	12	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	23 km
La Playa		8				0	71 km
General Bernardo O Higgins	YAI	148	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5400	74 km
Siberia		220				0	91 km
Los Angeles	LSQ	114	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5500	92 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Tome	CLTOM	Chile	10 km
Lirquen	CLLQN	Chile	12 km
Talcahuano	CLTAL	Chile	22 km
Talca	CLTLX	Chile	22 km
San Vicente	CLSVE	Chile	26 km
Coronel	CLCNL	Chile	50 km
Lota	CLLTA	Chile	57 km

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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