Overall Green Forest fire alert in Venezuela from 18 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 29 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 1012911
Countries:	Venezuela
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 Mar 2023 - 29 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	11
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6433 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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25 Mar 06:06 26 Mar 06:07 27 Mar 06:09 28 Mar 06:14 29 Mar 06:12 30 Mar 06:10

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5026	25 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5229	26 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5521	27 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	5713	28 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	5839	29 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	6433	30 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Venezuela , State of Apure (population 311,564) .

CCI Land Cover

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Apure	Venezuela	310000 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	Elevation (m)	Distance
Santa Rita	112	16 km
Coco de Mono	116	38 km
Achaguas New	50	41 km
El Progresso	300	45 km
El Saman	110	47 km
El Frio	67	53 km
San Leonardo	95	60 km
Mantecal	90	66 km
La Trinidad	46	67 km
La Trinidad	97	70 km
Merecure	67	77 km
Garza	125	78 km
Turagua	103	81 km
Mata de Barbara	80	98 km
Santa Elena Rio Claro	67	101 km
Las Delicias	114	101 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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