Overall Green Forest fire alert in Myanmar from 11 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC to 17 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5379 ha) in Myanmar 11 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 1019498
Countries:	Myanmar
Start Date - Last detection*:	11 Mar 2024 - 17 Mar 2024
Duration (days):	6
People affected:	250 in the burned area
Burned area:	5379 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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18 Mar 09:16

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	250	5379	18 Mar 2024 09:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Myanmar , Division of Magwe (population 4,104,855) . The nearest places are and Monywa.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	12000 people
5 km	4600 people
2 km	3500 people
1 km	2600 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Magwe	Myanmar	4.1 million people
Sagaing	Myanmar	4.8 million people
Chin State	Myanmar	470000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Monywa	Sagaing	Myanmar	City	180000 people	93 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
Gangaw	GAW	233	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3800	26 km
Tilin	TIO	unknown				0	34 km
Pauk	PAU	76	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4000	63 km
Kyauktaw	KYT	381	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3700	63 km
Monywar		91	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4700	95 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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