Overall Green Forest fire alert in Myanmar from 28 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC to 14 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 1012696
Countries:	Myanmar
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Feb 2023 - 15 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	13832 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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13 Mar 06:07 14 Mar 06:07 15 Mar 06:09

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	11697	13 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	13316	14 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	13832	15 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	14048	16 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) . The nearest places are and Yenangyaung.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	13000 people
5 km	5200 people
2 km	2400 people
1 km	1400 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	266 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

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

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Yenangyaung	Magway	Myanmar	City	110000 people	96 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
Kyauktaw	KYT	381	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3700	70 km
Lanywa		53	Civ.	Paved	No	4000	86 km
Pauk	PAU	76	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4000	91 km
Tilin	TIO	unknown				0	102 km
Ann		22				0	112 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Salin	Salin Creek	n/a	68 km
	Manchaung	Mann Creek	n/a	87 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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