Overall Green Forest fire in Spain from 23 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 27 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5029 ha) in Spain 23 Mar 2023

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1013034
Countries:	Spain
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 Mar 2023 - 27 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	208 in the burned area
Burned area:	5029 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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28 Mar 06:03

Impact Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	208	5029	28 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Spain , Autonomous Community of Valenciana (population 3,814,937) . The nearest places are Valencia, La Vall d'Uxo, Nules, Castellón de la Plana, Burriana, Sagunto, Teruel, Alboraya, Alaquàs, Utiel, and Alzira.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	4000 people
5 km	2000 people
2 km	1400 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	5130 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	6 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Valenciana	Spain	3.8 million people
Aragon	Spain	1.2 million people

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
Castellon de la Plana		2	Civ.	Paved	No	3100	54 km
Valencia	VLC	69	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8800	66 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Burriana	ESBRX	Spain	52 km
Castellon de la Plana	ESCAS	Spain	54 km
Sagunto	ESSAG	Spain	57 km
Valencia	ESVLC	Spain	73 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Arenos	Mijares	1978	4 km
Sichar	Mijares	1960	32 km
Maria Cristina	La Viuda	1920	38 km
Loriguilla	Turia	1967	53 km
Benageber	Turia	1955	58 km
Arquillo de San Blas	Guadalaviar	1960	61 km
Santolea	Guadalope	1932	80 km
Forata	Magro	1969	85 km
El Naranjero	Jucar	1989	92 km
Cortes de Pallas	Jucar	1989	95 km
La Muela	Offstream Jucar	1988	97 km
Calanda	Guadalope	1982	98 km
Cueva Foradada	Martin	1926	101 km

Nuclear plants

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