Overall Green Forest fire alert in Myanmar from 21 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 28 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 1012992
Countries:	Myanmar
Start Date - Last detection*:	21 Mar 2023 - 28 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	94 in the burned area
Burned area:	10430 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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27 Mar 06:04 28 Mar 06:06 29 Mar 06:07

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	94	5496	27 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	94	9440	28 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	94	10430	29 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Myanmar , State of Shan State (population 3,870,921) . The nearest places are Lashio, and Ruili.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	33000 people
5 km	26000 people
2 km	2700 people
1 km	2600 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	494 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Shan State	Myanmar	3.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lashio	Shan	Myanmar	City	130000 people	30 km
Ruili	Yunnan	China	City	-	101 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
Namtu	NMT	unknown				0	17 km
Lashio	LSH	747	Civ.	Paved	No	5200	28 km
Momeik	MOE	183	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4400	93 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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