Overall Green Forest fire alert in Russian Federation from 07 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 10 May 2023 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 1014107
Countries:	Russian Federation
Start Date - Last detection*:	07 May 2023 - 10 May 2023
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	14856 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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09 May 06:01 10 May 06:01 11 May 06:03

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5621	09 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	8056	10 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	14856	11 May 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Russian Federation , Region of Chitinskaya oblast'. The nearest places are and Krasnokamensk.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	36000 people
5 km	10000 people
2 km	2500 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	266 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Chitinskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	-
Nei Mongol	China	23.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Krasnokamensk	Chitinskaya	Russia	City	54000 people	17 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Kaptsegaituy	572	20 km
Oktyabrskiy West	655	24 km
Kaylastuy	549	32 km
Byrka	610	56 km
Novo Tsurukhaytuy	533	57 km
Aleksandrovskiy Zavod	853	93 km
Kalga	610	97 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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