Overall Green Forest fire alert in Cambodia 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 1012762
Countries:	Cambodia
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Feb 2023 - 17 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	2 in the burned area
Burned area:	6848 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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16 Mar 06:14 17 Mar 06:14 18 Mar 06:13

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	2	6641	16 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	2	6704	17 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	2	6848	18 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Cambodia , Province of Preah Vihear (population 95,355) . The nearest places are and Muang Không.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	9500 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Preah Vihear	Cambodia	95000 people
Kampong Thum	Cambodia	520000 people
Stoeng Treng	Cambodia	53000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Muang Không	Champasak	Laos	City	13000 people	77 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
Stung Treng	TNX	60	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4200	58 km
Phnom Thbeng Meanchey	OMY	unknown				0	64 km
Khong Khong Island	KOG	unknown				0	75 km
Kampong Thum Hiway Strip		10				0	108 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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