Overall Green Forest fire alert in Mexico on 28 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6245 ha) in Mexico 28 Feb 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 1012457
Countries:	Mexico
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Feb 2023 - 17 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	17
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6245 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	0	6245	01 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	0	6796	02 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	0	7013	03 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	0	7025	04 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	1	13552	08 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	1	13944	11 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	1	14104	13 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	1	14339	16 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	1	14509	18 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Mexico , State of Chiapas (population 3,524,501) . The nearest places are Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Venustiano Carranza, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Jallenango, Chiapa de Corzo, Comitan, Pijijiapan, and Mapastepec.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	25000 people
5 km	11000 people
2 km	3800 people
1 km	1400 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chiapas	Mexico	3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Venustiano Carranza	Chiapas	Mexico	City	15000 people	16 km
San Cristóbal de Las Casas	Chiapas	Mexico	City	120000 people	48 km
Jallenango	Chiapas	Mexico	City	-	48 km
Chiapa de Corzo	Chiapas	Mexico	City	-	53 km
Comitan	Chiapas	Mexico	City	79000 people	63 km
Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Chiapas	Mexico	Major city	440000 people	65 km
Pijijiapan	Chiapas	Mexico	City	15000 people	88 km
Mapastepec	Chiapas	Mexico	City	16000 people	100 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
San Cristobal de Las Casas		2341				0	46 km
Francisco Sarabia		579				0	69 km
San Antonio Copalar		1520				0	73 km
Llano San Juan	TGZ	1052	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200	86 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Angostura	La Angostura	Grijalva	1974	13 km
	El Portillo	Cuxtepeques	1980	40 km
	Manuel Moreno Torres	Grijalva	1980	81 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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