Overall Green Forest fire alert in Russian Federation from 23 Apr 2025 00:00 UTC to 28 Apr 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (10106 ha) in Russian Federation 23 Apr 2025

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 1023700
Countries:	Russian Federation
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 Apr 2025 - 28 Apr 2025
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	10106 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7035	24 Apr 2025 14:00	GWIS
2	0.5	7078	24 Apr 2025 18:00	GWIS
3	0.5	8796	25 Apr 2025 02:00	GWIS
4	0.5	8839	25 Apr 2025 06:00	GWIS
5	0.5	9711	26 Apr 2025 06:00	GWIS
6	0.5	9753	26 Apr 2025 10:00	GWIS
7	0.5	9987	26 Apr 2025 22:00	GWIS
8	0.5	10016	27 Apr 2025 22:00	GWIS
9	0.5	10106	03 May 2025 18:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Russian Federation , Region of Chitinskaya oblast'. The nearest places are and Vershino-Darasunskiy.

Radius	Population
10 km	1700 people
5 km	1700 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chitinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Vershino-Darasunskiy	Chitinskaya	Russia	City	6300 people	43 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
Vershino-Darasunskiy		792				0	46 km
Kyker		914				0	60 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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