Overall Green Forest fire alert in Cuba from 27 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC to 11 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 1012635
Countries:	Cuba
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Feb 2023 - 15 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	16
People affected:	1947 in the burned area
Burned area:	9207 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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10 Mar 06:06 11 Mar 06:08 12 Mar 06:08

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	1188	7273	10 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	1947	8740	11 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	1947	9207	12 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	1947	9635	13 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	1947	10322	14 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	1947	12131	15 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	1947	12626	16 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Cuba , Province of Holguin (population 1,035,950) . The nearest places are Palma Soriano, San Germán, Santiago de Cuba, Banes, Holguín, Guantánamo, and Bayamo.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	38000 people
5 km	6300 people
2 km	1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	1900 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	3715 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Holguin	Cuba	1 million people
Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Palma Soriano	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	City	100000 people	24 km
San Germán	Holguín	Cuba	City	-	34 km
Santiago de Cuba	Santiago de Cuba	Cuba	City	550000 people	49 km
Banes	Holguín	Cuba	City	52000 people	55 km
Holguín	Holguín	Cuba	City	310000 people	64 km
Guantánamo	Guantánamo	Cuba	City	260000 people	75 km
Bayamo	Granma	Cuba	City	190000 people	85 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
Los Mangos de Baragua		100				0	16 km
Preston	PST	unknown				0	36 km
Nicaro	ICR	8	Civ.	Paved	No	5900	40 km
Antonio Maceo	SCU	69	Civ.	Paved	Yes	13100	56 km
Frank Pais	HOG	106	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10300	61 km
C M de Cespedes	BYM	64	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	82 km
Guantanamo los Canos	GAO	12	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	83 km
Guantanamo Bay NAS	NBW	17	Mil.	Paved	Yes	8000	91 km
Moa	MOA	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	97 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Felton		Cuba	38 km
Preston		Cuba	38 km
Nicaro		Cuba	40 km
Antilla	CUANT	Cuba	41 km
Santiago de Cuba	CUSCU	Cuba	49 km
Banes	CUBAN	Cuba	52 km
Tanamo	CUTAN	Cuba	59 km
Vita	CUVIT	Cuba	68 km
Gibara		Cuba	77 km
Caimanera	CUGUB	Cuba	90 km
Puerto Guantanamo		Cuba	92 km
Moa		Cuba	99 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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