Forest Fire (6896 ha) in United States 16 Jul 2024

Event summary

Forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1020339
Countries: United States
Start Date - Last detection*: 16 Jul 2024 - 31 Jul 2024
Duration (days): 15
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 6896 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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BNPB: Human Activities Primary Causes of Forest Fires in Indonesia 8/8/2024 8:32:00 AM.

TEMPO.CO Jakarta The National Disaster Mitigation Agency ( BNPB ) stated that 99 percent of forest and land fires, or Karhutla, in Indonesia are caused by human activities. “Prevention is difficult when human intent is involved. The alterna
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (28), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),