Forest Fire (8408 ha) in Russian Federation 22 Apr 2021

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1000221
Countries: Russian Federation
Start Date - Last detection*: 22 Apr 2021 - 30 Apr 2021
Duration (days): 8
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 8408 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 31 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Woman Is Charged With Starting 2018 Wildfire in CaliforniaThu, 06 May 2021 15:36:00 +0200.

A woman was arrested on Wednesday and charged with starting a fire in 2018 that burned more than 63,000 acres, damaged 20 homes and injured two people in Northern California, the authorities said. The woman, Cynthia Ann Leroux, was arrested
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Editorial: There is no droughtThu, 06 May 2021 14:17:00 +0200.

last month in Sonoma and Mendocino counties because of severe drop-offs in the winter rains that once had been counted on to fill reservoirs in the Russian River watershed, north of the San Francisco Bay Area. Like most other California res
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MIL-OSI Russia: Ministry of Emergency Situations: from May 1 to May 3, ... Tue, 04 May 2021 14:15:00 +0200.

On May 4, a weekly conference call was held under the leadership of the First Deputy Minister of EMERCOM of Russia Alexander Chupriyan. During the event, it was noted that from April 30 to May 11, the forces of the Russian Emergencies Minis
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Wildfires and Smoke Cause “Black Sky” in SiberiaSat, 01 May 2021 16:37:00 +0200.

Numerous fires have filled skies with smoke, causing air quality issues in Omsk. Russian emergency services have reported an abnormally high number of fires in the Omsk oblast of southwest Siberia. On April 22, 2021, the Moderate Resolution
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),