Overall Green Forest fire alert in India from 11 Mar 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 1012721
Countries:	India
Start Date - Last detection*:	11 Mar 2023 - 16 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	312 in the burned area
Burned area:	18250 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	0	7211	15 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	0	9872	16 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	312	18250	17 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in India , Union Territory of Mizoram (population 726,787) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	56000 people
5 km	14000 people
2 km	12000 people
1 km	8500 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1292 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mizoram	India	730000 people
Chittagong	Bangladesh	14.7 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
Aizwal	AJL	305	Civ.	Paved	No	4100	85 km
Lengpui		417				0	92 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Barkal	Karnafuli	Karnafuli	1962	66 km
	Gumti	Gumti	1976	91 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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