Overall Green Forest fire alert in Russian Federation from 18 Apr 2025 00:00 UTC to 25 Apr 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (9202 ha) in Russian Federation 18 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 1023702
Countries:	Russian Federation
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 Apr 2025 - 25 Apr 2025
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9202 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	8897	24 Apr 2025 14:00	GWIS
2	0.5	8904	24 Apr 2025 18:00	GWIS
3	0.5	9134	25 Apr 2025 02:00	GWIS
4	0.5	9202	25 Apr 2025 06:00	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	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no 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	86 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
Kyker		914				0	68 km
Vershino-Darasunskiy		792				0	90 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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