Overall Green Forest fire alert in Laos from 27 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC to 06 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (12637 ha) in Laos 27 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 1012484
Countries:	Laos
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Feb 2023 - 17 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	12637 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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03 Mar 06:57 04 Mar 07:03 05 Mar 06:04 06 Mar 06:05 07 Mar 06:06

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7211	03 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	8345	04 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	10922	05 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	11134	06 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	12637	07 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	12908	08 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	13098	09 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	14070	10 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	14810	11 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
10	0.5	15270	12 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
11	0.5	16272	13 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
12	0.5	17890	14 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
13	0.5	17939	15 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
14	0.5	18037	16 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
15	0.5	18132	17 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
16	0.5	18695	18 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Laos , Province of Attapeu (population 90,605) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	48000 people
5 km	12000 people
2 km	4800 people
1 km	2400 people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Attapeu	Laos	91000 people
Stoeng Treng	Cambodia	53000 people
Rotanokiri	Cambodia	61000 people
Champasak	Laos	530000 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
Attopeu	AOU	105	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4300	16 km
Dak Seang		657				0	91 km
Dak To 2		601				0	101 km
Ratanakiri	RBE	324	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3900	104 km
Polei Kleng		570				0	108 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Houayho	Houayho	1999	45 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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