Forest Fire (6447 ha) in India 24 Mar 2023

Event summary

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

GDACS ID WF 1013065
Countries: India
Start Date - Last detection*: 24 Mar 2023 - 29 Mar 2023
Duration (days): 5
People affected: 57 in the burned area
Burned area: 6447 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Amid long dry spell, 74 sporadic forest fires in Goa in early March, R ... 2023-04-06T17:17+0200.

Responding to a written question by member and former Goa CM Luizinho Faleiro, Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, gave the figures and told the House, “Although most forest fires were
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Forest fires rage across Maharashtra as forest department looks on hel ... 2023-04-06T05:07+0200.

Nagpur: Even as tendu leaf auctions are processed, forest fires have been raging in entire Maharashtra . Though fire incidents have been detected since January, the frequency has increased in the last 15-20 days as auctions for tendu leaves
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Students of Goa's Kalay government school send postcards to NIO scient ... 2023-04-03T08:31+0200.

Students in the postcards said that mitigation measures are needed to fight forest fires and parched summers. PANAJI: Students of government high school, Kalay in Sanguem— one of the farthest and remotest schools in Goa have been concern
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Students of Kalay government school send postcards to NIO scientists t ... 2023-04-03T01:33+0200.

DOING THEIR BIT: Students in the postcards said that mitigation measures are needed to fight forest fires and parched summers. Panaji: Students of government high school, Kalay in Sanguem— one of the farthest and remotest schools in Goa
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