Overall Green Forest fire alert in India from 22 Mar 2021 00:00 UTC to 27 Apr 2021 00:00 UTC

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 1000195
Countries:	India
Start Date - Last detection*:	22 Mar 2021 - 27 Apr 2021
Duration (days):	36
People affected:	9041 in the burned area
Burned area:	33007 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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24 Apr 05:54 26 Apr 15:55 28 Apr 05:55

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	9041	32612	24 Apr 2021 05:01	GWIS
2	0.5	9041	32782	26 Apr 2021 15:25	GWIS
3	0.5	9041	33007	28 Apr 2021 05:01	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in India , State of Uttar Pradesh (population 147,248,800) . The nearest places are Daltenganj, and Mughai Sarai.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	93000 people
5 km	66000 people
2 km	62000 people
1 km	45000 people
Burned Area	9000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	4864 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Uttar Pradesh	India	147.2 million people
Madhya Pradesh	India	70 million people
Bihar	India	91.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Daltenganj	Jharkhand	India	City	72000 people	100 km
Mughai Sarai	Uttar Pradesh	India	City	-	113 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
Muirpur		342				0	16 km
Daltonganj		229				0	104 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Govind Ballabah Pant	Rihand	Rihand	1962	12 km
	Kanheinalla	Kanheinalla	1975	54 km
	Bhainsora	Marahawa Nalla	1926	59 km
	Naugarh	Karmnasa	1966	71 km
	Bhonka	Bhonka	1951	72 km
	Chandra Prabha	Chandra Prabha	1966	75 km
	North Koel	North Koel	n/a	78 km
	Musa Khand	Karmnasa	1967	82 km
	Ahraura	Garai	1954	83 km
	Jirgo	Jirgo	1958	89 km
	Sirsi	Bakahar Nala	1958	89 km
	Upper Khajuri	Khajoori	1958	96 km
	Lower Khajuri	Khajoori	1949	105 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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