Overall Green Forest fire alert in India from 24 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 1013065
Countries:	India
Start Date - Last detection*:	24 Mar 2023 - 29 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	57 in the burned area
Burned area:	6447 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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29 Mar 06:01 30 Mar 06:02

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	57	6410	29 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
2		0.5	57	6447	30 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in India , State of Meghalaya (population 1,864,718) . The nearest places are Goalpara, Barpeta, North Gauhati, Gauhati, and Shillong.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	38000 people
5 km	11000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Meghalaya	India	1.9 million people
Assam	India	23.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Goalpara	Assam	India	City	49000 people	58 km
Barpeta	Assam	India	City	48000 people	61 km
North Gauhati	Assam	India	City	-	88 km
Gauhati	Assam	India	City	-	89 km
Shillong	Meghalaya	India	City	130000 people	92 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
Borjhar	GAU	49	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	70 km
Sirajganj	SAJ	unknown				0	81 km
Shella		24				0	93 km
Shillong	SHL	899	Civ.	Paved	No	6000	99 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Umiam	Umiam	Umiam	1964	92 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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