Overall Orange Forest fire alert in France from 09 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 10 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (7717 ha) in France 09 Aug 2022

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	WF 1008161
Countries:	France
Start Date - Last detection*:	09 Aug 2022 - 12 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	798 in the burned area
Burned area:	7717 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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11 Aug 06:00

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	798	7717	11 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	1.5	1054	9604	12 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	1.5	1054	9632	13 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in France , Region of Aquitaine (population 2,850,095) . The nearest places are Bordeaux, Gujan-Mestras, Villenave d'Ornon, Bègles, Arcachon, Mérignac, Cenon, Blanquefort, Ambarès-et-Lagarve, Libourne, and Dax.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	14000 people
5 km	7900 people
2 km	5100 people
1 km	2200 people
Burned Area	1100 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	4978 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	7717 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Aquitaine	France	2.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Gujan-Mestras	Aquitaine	France	City	19000 people	34 km
Villenave d'Ornon	Aquitaine	France	City	-	34 km
Bègles	Aquitaine	France	City	23000 people	39 km
Arcachon	Aquitaine	France	City	12000 people	41 km
Mérignac	Aquitaine	France	City	62000 people	41 km
Bordeaux	Aquitaine	France	Major city	230000 people	42 km
Cenon	Aquitaine	France	City	22000 people	45 km
Blanquefort	Aquitaine	France	City	17000 people	49 km
Ambarès-et-Lagarve	Aquitaine	France	City	-	54 km
Libourne	Aquitaine	France	City	24000 people	63 km
Mont-de-Marsan	Aquitaine	France	City	36000 people	67 km
Marmande	Aquitaine	France	City	19000 people	70 km
Dax	Aquitaine	France	City	22000 people	89 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
Cazaux		25	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800	33 km
La Teste de Buch		15	Civ.	Paved	No	4500	34 km
Parentis		30	Civ.	Paved	No	2600	35 km
Merignac / Bordeaux	BOD	49	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10100	39 km
Andernos-les-Bains		20	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	42 km
Mimizan		50	Civ.	Paved	No	3400	51 km
Floudes		13	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3100	54 km
Munduku		62	Mil.	Paved	Yes	10400	65 km
Rion des Landes		78	Priv.	Unpaved	No	3500	65 km
Artigues de Lussac		49	Civ.	Paved	No	3600	73 km
Virazeil		32	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	73 km
Sainte Foy la Grande		86	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	83 km
Aire Sur L Adour		79	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	93 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Arcachon	FRARC	France	41 km
Bordeaux	FRBOD	France	42 km
Cape Ferret		France	46 km
Bassens	FRBAS	France	50 km
Izon	FRIZO	France	59 km
Libourne	FRLIB	France	61 km
Bec d'Ambès	FRBEC	France	64 km
Blaye	FRBYE	France	73 km
Pauillac	FRPAP	France	81 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
BLAYAIS	FRANCE	4	87 km

More information

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