Overall Green Forest fire alert in Laos from 27 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC to 16 Mar 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 1012583
Countries:	Laos
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Feb 2023 - 16 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	17
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7649 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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07 Mar 06:06 08 Mar 06:04 09 Mar 06:05 10 Mar 06:07 11 Mar 06:11 12 Mar 06:12 13 Mar 06:10 14 Mar 06:08 15 Mar 06:16 16 Mar 06:17 17 Mar 06:15

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5520	07 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5764	08 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5764	09 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6109	10 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	6390	11 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	6727	12 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	7016	13 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	7368	14 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	7381	15 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
10	0.5	7621	16 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
11	0.5	7649	17 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Laos , Province of Attapeu (population 90,605) . The nearest places are Pakxé, and Muang Không.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	5500 people
5 km	2200 people
2 km	1100 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	1029 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Attapeu	Laos	91000 people
Champasak	Laos	530000 people
Stoeng Treng	Cambodia	53000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pakxé	Champasak	Laos	City	88000 people	74 km
Muang Không	Champasak	Laos	City	13000 people	102 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
Attopeu	AOU	105	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4300	42 km
Pakse	PKZ	101	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5300	77 km
Saravane	VNA	175	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	97 km
Khong Khong Island	KOG	unknown				0	104 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Houayho	Houayho	1999	43 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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