Overall Green Forest fire alert in Laos 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 1012914
Countries:	Laos
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 Mar 2023 - 29 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	11
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	22216 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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25 Mar 06:07 26 Mar 06:09 27 Mar 06:09 28 Mar 06:14 29 Mar 06:17 30 Mar 06:12 31 Mar 06:03

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5887	25 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	7957	26 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	12241	27 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	19590	28 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	21924	29 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	22215	30 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	22216	31 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Laos , Province of Champasak (population 531,170) . The nearest places are Pakxé, and Muang Không.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	18000 people
5 km	9700 people
2 km	4000 people
1 km	2600 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	17156 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Champasak	Laos	530000 people
Attapeu	Laos	91000 people
Stoeng Treng	Cambodia	53000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pakxé	Champasak	Laos	City	88000 people	65 km
Muang Không	Champasak	Laos	City	13000 people	86 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
Attopeu	AOU	105	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4300	57 km
Pakse	PKZ	101	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5300	68 km
Khong Khong Island	KOG	unknown				0	88 km
Saravane	VNA	175	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	107 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Houayho	Houayho	1999	61 km
Noi	Sirindhorn	Lam Dom Noi	1971	104 km
	Pak Mun	Mun	1990	105 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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