Overall Green Forest fire alert in Myanmar from 01 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC to 15 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (10092 ha) in Myanmar 01 Mar 2024

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	WF 1019421
Countries:	Myanmar
Start Date - Last detection*:	01 Mar 2024 - 15 Mar 2024
Duration (days):	14
People affected:	1471 in the burned area
Burned area:	10092 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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12 Mar 09:19 13 Mar 09:23 14 Mar 09:23 15 Mar 09:25 16 Mar 09:26

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	346	5747	12 Mar 2024 09:00	GWIS
2	0.5	489	6598	13 Mar 2024 09:01	GWIS
3	0.5	1275	8369	14 Mar 2024 09:00	GWIS
4	0.5	1460	9970	15 Mar 2024 09:01	GWIS
5	0.5	1471	10092	16 Mar 2024 09:01	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Myanmar , State of Shan State (population 3,870,921) . The nearest places are and Lashio.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	23000 people
5 km	17000 people
2 km	6900 people
1 km	2800 people
Burned Area	1500 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Shan State	Myanmar	3.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lashio	Shan	Myanmar	City	130000 people	30 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
Lashio	LSH	747	Civ.	Paved	No	5200	34 km
Namtu	NMT	unknown				0	50 km

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Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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