Overall Green Forest fire alert in Venezuela from 10 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC to 17 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5588 ha) in Venezuela 10 Mar 2024

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 1019491
Countries:	Venezuela
Start Date - Last detection*:	10 Mar 2024 - 17 Mar 2024
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	13 in the burned area
Burned area:	5588 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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17 Mar 09:17 18 Mar 09:17

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	14	5585	17 Mar 2024 09:00	GWIS
2		0.5	13	5588	18 Mar 2024 09:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Venezuela , State of Barinas (population 463,387) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1100 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Barinas	Venezuela	460000 people
Apure	Venezuela	310000 people
Portuguesa	Venezuela	630000 people

Affected populated places

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Garza	125	20 km
El Frio	67	36 km
Turagua	103	41 km
La Trinidad	46	45 km
El Saman	110	46 km
Algodonal	175	55 km
Mantecal	90	63 km
Mata de Barbara	80	76 km
Santa Rita	112	80 km
Santa Rosa de Barinas	108	81 km
Portuguesa	72	84 km
El Pardillero	117	90 km
Cordereno	82	94 km
La Trinidad	97	99 km
Santa Rosa de Guanare	130	100 km
Achaguas New	50	101 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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