Overall Green Forest fire alert in India, Bangladesh from 10 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 15 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 1012722
Countries:	India, Bangladesh
Start Date - Last detection*:	10 Mar 2023 - 15 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	5514 in the burned area
Burned area:	18186 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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15 Mar 06:01 16 Mar 06:01

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	8378	15 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2		0.5	5514	18186	16 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	11000 people
5 km	7100 people
2 km	5900 people
1 km	5600 people
Burned Area	5500 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	266 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	193 ha	WDPA

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	68 km
Lengpui		417				0	69 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Gumti	Gumti	1976	65 km
Barkal	Karnafuli	Karnafuli	1962	85 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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