Overall Green Forest fire alert in Myanmar from 27 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC to 17 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 1012699
Countries:	Myanmar
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Feb 2023 - 17 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6336 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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13 Mar 06:10 14 Mar 06:10 17 Mar 06:17 18 Mar 06:14

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5600	13 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6137	14 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6206	17 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6336	18 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Myanmar , Division of Sagaing (population 4,799,735) . The nearest places are Imphal, and Mawlaik.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	90000 people
5 km	50000 people
2 km	6600 people
1 km	4300 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	152 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sagaing	Myanmar	4.8 million people
Manipur	India	1.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Imphal	Manipur	India	City	220000 people	70 km
Mawlaik	Sagaing	Myanmar	City	44000 people	75 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
Imphal Municipal	IMF	775	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	71 km
Homalin	HOX	unknown				0	82 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Khuga	Khuga	2007	72 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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