Overall Orange Forest fire in France from 12 Jul 2026 00:00 UTC to 14 Jul 2026 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (2280 ha) in France 12 Jul 2026

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1029489
Countries:	France
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 Jul 2026 - 14 Jul 2026
Duration (days):	2
People affected:	814 in the burned area
Burned area:	2280 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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14 Jul 03:00 14 Jul 11:00 27 Jul 15:48

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	794	2148	14 Jul 2026 02:02	GWIS
2	1.5	811	2266	14 Jul 2026 10:02	GWIS
3	1.5	814	2280	27 Jul 2026 14:01	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in France , Region of Ile-de-France (population 10,856,130) . The nearest places are Paris, Orléans, Fontainebleau, Nemours, Melun, Mennecy, Savigny-le-Temple, Corbeil-Essonnes, Moissy-Cramayel, Étampes, and Crépy-en-Valois.

Radius	Population
10 km	29000 people
5 km	13000 people
2 km	4400 people
1 km	2500 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Ile-de-France	France	10.9 million people
Centre	France	2.4 million people

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
La Ferte-Alais		138	Priv.	Unpaved	No	3200	21 km
Melun		92	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6400	27 km
Evry Heliport	JEV	unknown				0	29 km
Bretigny Sur Orge		82	Mil.	Paved	Yes	9800	29 km
Mondesir		149	Civ.	Paved	No	2200	35 km
Pithiviers		117	Priv.	Unpaved	No	3700	36 km
Paris La Defense	JPU	unknown				0	40 km
Orly	ORY	89	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11900	41 km
Les Loges		129	Civ.	Paved	No	3100	42 km
Vimory		94	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	47 km
Emerainville		108	Civ.	Paved	No	2200	50 km
Velizy		177	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	51 km
Toussus le Noble	TNF	164	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3600	53 km
Pont-Sur-Yonne		72	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	53 km
St Cyr-L'Ecole		114	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3000	60 km
St Denis de L Hotel		120	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3200	60 km
Voisins		143	Civ.	Paved	No	4500	62 km
Le Bourget	LBG	66	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	65 km
Esbly		66	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3700	65 km
La Ferte-Gaucher		164	Priv.	Unpaved	No	3600	69 km
Thiverval		113	Priv.	Unpaved	No	3200	70 km
Charles de Gaulle	CDG	118	Civ.	Paved	Yes	13800	71 km
Orleans Bricy	ORE	125	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800	73 km
Joigny		222	Civ.	Paved	No	3500	76 km
Les Mureaux		27	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6300	82 km
Paris Cergy Pontoise	POX	99	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5500	88 km
Persan-Beaumont		45	Civ.	Paved	No	2700	89 km
Creil	CSF	88	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800	98 km
Aubigny Sur Nere		191	Civ.	Paved	No	3300	101 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Paris	FRPAR	France	56 km
Gennevilliers	FRGVL	France	66 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

Nuclear Facilities

Site Name	Type	Name	Country
Site-Saclay	Research reactor	Isis	France
Site-Saclay	Research reactor	OSIRIS	France
Site-Saclay	Research reactor	ISIS	France
Site-Dampierre	Nuclear Power Reactor	Dampierre-1	France
Site-Dampierre	Nuclear Power Reactor	Dampierre-3	France
Site-Dampierre	Nuclear Power Reactor	Dampierre-2	France
Site-Dampierre	Nuclear Power Reactor	Dampierre-4	France

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