2010-04-04 Forest fire in Nepal on 04 April, 2010

Emergency Obs. Request Information

  • Disaster Type: Forest fire
  • Country: Nepal
  • Occurrence Date (UTC):
  • SA activation Date(UTC): 04 April, 2010
  • Requester: International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) 
  • Escalation to the International Charter:
  • GLIDE Number:

Disaster Situation

Forest fires in Chitwan district and its surroundings. Smoke plumes were observed from MODIS True color image.

Satellite Image

 Before Disaster

 JAXA 

2008-05-15

ALOS PSM,P167 F3050 A1.2,May 15,2008

2008-05-15

ALOS PSM,P167 F3045 A1.2,May 15,2008

2010-02-18

ALOS AV2,P167 F3050 A0.0,Feb. 18,2010

 After Disaster

 JAXA 

2010-04-05

ALOS PSM,P167 F3050 A1.2,April 5,2010

2010-04-05

ALOS PSM,P167 F3045 A1.2,April 5,2010

2010-04-05

ALOS AV2,P167 F3050 A0.0,April 5,2010

 ISRO 

2010-04-06

Resourcesat-1/AWiFS data of Part of Nepal as observed on April 06,2010

2010-04-06

Wild Fires in Nepal AWiFS data as observed on April 06,2010