Overall Green Forest fire alert in India from 27 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC to 03 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (8737 ha) in India 27 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 1012483
Countries:	India
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Feb 2023 - 14 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	8737 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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03 Mar 06:57 04 Mar 07:03

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5015	03 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	8737	04 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	27528	05 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	29707	06 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	31546	07 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	34578	08 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	38039	09 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	40956	10 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	44439	11 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
10	0.5	45314	12 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
11	0.5	45635	13 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
12	0.5	46023	14 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
13	0.5	46500	15 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in India , State of Andhra Pradesh (population 70,296,620) . The nearest places are Nandyal, Cumbum, and Kurnool.

CCI Land Cover

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Andhra Pradesh	India	70.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Nandyal	Andhra Pradesh	India	City	150000 people	42 km
Cumbum	Andhra Pradesh	India	City	15000 people	43 km
Kurnool	Andhra Pradesh	India	City	-	77 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
Dunakonda		142	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3000	80 km
Nagarjuna Sagar		201				0	106 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Srisailam	Krishna	1981	40 km
	Dindi	Dindi	1943	87 km
Nagarjuna	Nagarjuna Sagar	Krishna	1960	108 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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