Overall Green Forest fire alert in Spain from 16 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC to 18 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (7801 ha) in Spain 16 Aug 2023

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 1016477
Countries:	Spain
Start Date - Last detection*:	16 Aug 2023 - 23 Aug 2023
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	1246 in the burned area
Burned area:	7801 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	239	1716	16 Aug 2023 16:30	GWIS
2	0.5	574	3664	17 Aug 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	1246	7801	18 Aug 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	1327	11015	19 Aug 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	18034	15566	20 Aug 2023 08:00	GWIS
6	0.5	18421	17066	21 Aug 2023 08:00	GWIS
7	0.5	18232	17966	22 Aug 2023 08:19	GWIS
8	0.5	18232	18064	23 Aug 2023 08:19	GWIS
9	0.5	18232	18104	24 Aug 2023 08:23	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Spain , Autonomous Community of Canarias (population 790,897) . The nearest places are La Orotava, Samarines, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and Arona.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	430000 people
5 km	130000 people
2 km	9400 people
1 km	1600 people
Burned Area	18000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	228 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	35 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Canarias	Spain	790000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
La Orotava	Canarias (Canary Islands)	Spain	City	40000 people	8 km
Samarines	Canarias (Canary Islands)	Spain	City	-	10 km
San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Canarias (Canary Islands)	Spain	City	130000 people	16 km
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Canarias (Canary Islands)	Spain	City	220000 people	20 km
Arona	Canarias (Canary Islands)	Spain	City	62000 people	40 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
Puerto La Cruz	UPC	unknown				0	11 km
Tenerife Norte los Rodeos	TFN	632	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11100	15 km
Tenerife Sur Reina Sofia	TFS	64	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10400	39 km
La Gomera	GMZ	218	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	86 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	ESSCT	Spain	20 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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