Overall Green Forest fire alert in Myanmar from 28 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 1012654
Countries:	Myanmar
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Feb 2023 - 16 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	16
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9098 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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11 Mar 06:05 13 Mar 06:05 14 Mar 06:07 15 Mar 06:12 17 Mar 06:11

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5653	11 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	7116	13 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	8210	14 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	8981	15 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	9098	17 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Myanmar , State of Chin State (population 467,022) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	3800 people
5 km	1800 people
2 km	1500 people
1 km	1100 people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chin State	Myanmar	470000 people
Arakan State	Myanmar	2.6 million people
Magwe	Myanmar	4.1 million people

Affected populated places

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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
Kyauktaw	KYT	381	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3700	69 km
Pauk	PAU	76	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4000	96 km
Lanywa		53	Civ.	Paved	No	4000	98 km
Tilin	TIO	unknown				0	99 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Salin	Salin Creek	n/a	83 km
	Manchaung	Mann Creek	n/a	98 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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