Overall Green Forest fire alert in India from 11 Nov 2021 00:00 UTC to 13 Nov 2021 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 1003438
Countries:	India
Start Date - Last detection*:	11 Nov 2021 - 13 Nov 2021
Duration (days):	2
People affected:	2598 in the burned area
Burned area:	12223 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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14 Nov 04:46

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	2598	12223	14 Nov 2021 04:01	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in India , State of Punjab (population 21,384,510) . The nearest places are Patiala, Nabha, Maler Kotla, Sangrur, Ambala, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Thanesar, Kaithal, Jagraoh, and Shimla.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1.1 million people
5 km	300000 people
2 km	120000 people
1 km	81000 people
Burned Area	2600 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	49590 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Punjab	India	21.4 million people
Haryana	India	17.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Patiala	Punjab	India	City	300000 people	18 km
Nabha	Punjab	India	City	62000 people	19 km
Maler Kotla	Punjab	India	City	110000 people	42 km
Sangrur	Punjab	India	City	80000 people	52 km
Ambala	Haryana	India	City	140000 people	52 km
Chandigarh	Chandigarh	India	City	660000 people	54 km
Ludhiana	Punjab	India	City	1.2 million people	66 km
Thanesar	Haryana	India	City	120000 people	74 km
Kaithal	Haryana	India	City	140000 people	75 km
Jagraoh	Punjab	India	City	-	87 km
Shimla	Himachal Pradesh	India	City	170000 people	108 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
Patiala		250				0	18 km
Ambala		274				0	50 km
Chandigarh	IXC	308	Mil.	Paved	No	9000	51 km
Ludhiana	LUH	246	Civ.	Paved	No	4800	55 km
Kalka		516				0	68 km
Halwara		241				0	72 km
Simla	SLV	1524	Civ.	Paved	No	3600	99 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Nangal Dam	Satluj	1954	102 km
Govind	Bhakra Dam	Sutluj	1963	105 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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