Overall Green Forest fire alert in Russian Federation from 26 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 1013062
Countries:	Russian Federation
Start Date - Last detection*:	26 Mar 2023 - 29 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9110 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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29 Mar 06:00

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	9110	29 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	23809	30 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Russian Federation , Region of Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast'. The nearest places are Birofeld, Birobidzhan, Fuyuanh, Kukan, and Babstovo.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1600 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast'	Russian Federation	-
Khabarovskiy kray	Russian Federation	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Birofeld	Yevreyskaya	Russia	City	-	43 km
Birobidzhan	Yevreyskaya	Russia	City	75000 people	47 km
Fuyuanh	Heilongjiang	China	City	-	70 km
Kukan	Khabarovskiy	Russia	City	-	78 km
Babstovo	Yevreyskaya	Russia	City	3600 people	78 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Birobidzhan South	101	25 km
	76	47 km
Birofeld Northwest	76	54 km
Novokurovka	122	77 km
Kukan	244	80 km
Mugdusa	122	91 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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