Overall Green Forest fire in Argentina from 12 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC to 17 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5642 ha) in Argentina 12 Mar 2024

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 1019488
Countries:	Argentina
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 Mar 2024 - 17 Mar 2024
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	124 in the burned area
Burned area:	5642 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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17 Mar 09:15 18 Mar 09:15 27 Mar 10:29

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	125	6264	17 Mar 2024 09:00	GWIS
2	0.5	125	6280	18 Mar 2024 09:00	GWIS
3	0.5	124	5642	27 Mar 2024 09:01	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Argentina , Province of Formosa (population 412,844) . The nearest places are Asunción, Clorinda, Luque, San Lorenzo, and Capiatá.

Radius	Population
10 km	15000 people
5 km	13000 people
2 km	7900 people
1 km	2700 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Formosa	Argentina	410000 people
Presidente Hayes	Paraguay	41000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Clorinda	Formosa	Argentina	City	-	52 km
Asunción	Central	Paraguay	Capital	540000 people	60 km
Luque	Central	Paraguay	City	210000 people	73 km
San Lorenzo	Central	Paraguay	City	220000 people	74 km
Capiatá	Central	Paraguay	City	120000 people	81 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
Clorinda	CLX	61	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	51 km
Sargento de Aviacion Nicolo Bo		65				0	64 km
Silvio Pettirossi International	ASU	89				0	70 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Asuncion	PYASU	Paraguay	58 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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