Overall Green Forest fire alert in Laos, Viet Nam from 25 Apr 2022 00:00 UTC to 30 Apr 2022 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 1005934
Countries:	Laos, Viet Nam
Start Date - Last detection*:	25 Apr 2022 - 30 Apr 2022
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	1161 in the burned area
Burned area:	10523 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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02 May 04:46

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	1161	10523	02 May 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Laos , Province of Houaphan (population 275,212) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	22000 people
5 km	10000 people
2 km	3100 people
1 km	2300 people
Burned Area	1200 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	38 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Houaphan	Laos	280000 people
Son La	Viet Nam	780000 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)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Na San	SQH	625	Civ.	Unpaved	No	7800	47 km
Sam Neua	NEU	1000	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3400	54 km
Houeisay	HOE	unknown				0	67 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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