Overall Green Forest fire alert in Venezuela from 18 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 26 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6083 ha) in Venezuela 18 Mar 2023

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 1012916
Countries:	Venezuela
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 Mar 2023 - 26 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6083 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 27 Mar 06:09

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5334	25 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	6083	27 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Venezuela , State of Portuguesa (population 629,254) .

CCI Land Cover

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Portuguesa	Venezuela	630000 people
Barinas	Venezuela	460000 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
La Trinidad	46	31 km
Mata de Barbara	80	41 km
El Saman	110	50 km
Garza	125	57 km
El Frio	67	60 km
Algodonal	175	77 km
Turagua	103	79 km
Portuguesa	72	88 km
Achaguas New	50	94 km
Santa Rita	112	95 km
Mantecal	90	97 km
Santa Rosa de Barinas	108	101 km
San Francisco	76	102 km
Turen	159	103 km
Mata Oscura	60	104 km
El Pardillero	117	106 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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