Overall Green Forest fire alert in Myanmar 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 1012958
Countries:	Myanmar
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 Mar 2023 - 29 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	11
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6889 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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26 Mar 06:07 27 Mar 06:08 28 Mar 06:17 29 Mar 06:12 30 Mar 06:10

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5128	26 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5597	27 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5838	28 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6401	29 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	6889	30 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Myanmar , Division of Tenasserim (population 1,156,484) . The nearest places are Tavoy, and Ye.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	5600 people
5 km	4400 people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	5621 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Tenasserim	Myanmar	1.2 million people
Kanchanaburi	Thailand	670000 people
Mon State	Myanmar	2.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tavoy	Tanintharyi	Myanmar	City	-	69 km
Ye	Mon	Myanmar	City	55000 people	70 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
Tavoy	TVY	26	Civ.	Paved	No	5100	67 km
Ye	XYE	9	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4500	70 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Ye		Myanmar	69 km
Tavoy		Myanmar	71 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Khao Laem	Quae Noi	1985	45 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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