Overall Green Forest fire alert in Venezuela from 24 Jan 2024 00:00 UTC to 25 Jan 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (2923 ha) in Venezuela 24 Jan 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 1019135
Countries:	Venezuela
Start Date - Last detection*:	24 Jan 2024 - 26 Jan 2024
Duration (days):	2
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	2923 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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26 Jan 10:15

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	2923	26 Jan 2024 10:04	GWIS
2		0.5	0	3904	27 Jan 2024 09:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Venezuela , State of Apure (population 311,564) .

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Apure	Venezuela	310000 people
Vichada	Colombia	20000 people

Affected populated places

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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)	Distance
Casuarito	CSR	unknown	60 km
El Centro		97	72 km
Hato Macolla		90	79 km
Marandua		87	86 km
San Leonardo		95	86 km
El Progresso		300	97 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Carreno		Colombia	85 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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