Overall Green Forest fire alert in China from 12 Jun 2024 00:00 UTC to 15 Jun 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5692 ha) in China 12 Jun 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 1019836
Countries:	China
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 Jun 2024 - 15 Jun 2024
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5692 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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15 Jun 09:00 16 Jun 09:00

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5541	15 Jun 2024 08:01	GWIS
2		0.5	0	5692	16 Jun 2024 08:01	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in China , Province of Shanxi (population 31,868,720) . The nearest places are Linfen, Quwo, and Jincheng.

Radius	Population
10 km	14000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Shanxi	China	31.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Linfen	Shanxi	China	City	230000 people	56 km
Quwo	Shanxi	China	City	-	68 km
Jincheng	Shanxi	China	City	330000 people	86 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
Linfen		419				0	58 km
Zhuwu		418				0	77 km

Ports

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Zhangfeng	Qin	2008	31 km
Quhe	Trib. Fen He	n/a	43 km
Tunjiang	Jiang He	1958	60 km
Dongfeng	Huozhen	1960	62 km
Kuaihe	Kuai He	1959	68 km
Houwuan	Zhangwei He	1960	85 km
Renzhuang	Dan He	1960	90 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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