2016-03-26 Forest fire in Philippines on 26 March, 2016

Emergency Obs. Request Information

  • Disaster Type: Forest fire
  • Country: Philippines
  • Occurrence Date (UTC):
  • SA activation Date(UTC): 26 March, 2016
  • Requester: Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
  • Escalation to the International Charter:
  • GLIDE Number:

Disaster Situation

Airforce Huey rescue helicopter that flew in from Cebu City dumped drums of water over Mt. Apo Sta Cruz trail, but hardly made a dent to extinguish the flames of the raging inferno. Fires are still active and spreading as of today, and approximately 400-500 hectares of forest have been affected.

Product

 JAXA 

2016-04-08

Analysis_results_Philippines_Forestfire

Satellite Image

 Before Disaster

 JAXA 

2016-06-15

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P23,F3480,HH,D 36.2,June 15, 2015

2016-06-15

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P23,F3480,HV,D 36.2,June 15, 2015

2016-06-15

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P23,F3480,HHHVHH,D 36.2,June 15, 2015

 After Disaster

 JAXA 

2016-04-04

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P23,F3480,HHHVHH,D 36.2,Apr 4, 2016

2016-04-04

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P23,F3480,HH,D 36.2,Apr 4, 2016

2016-04-04

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2,P23,F3480,HV,D 36.2,Apr 4, 2016

 GISTDA 

2016-04-02

THEOS MS SCENE T1 M 2016/04/02 02:22:38.0 0316-0335 1901

2016-04-02

THEOS MS SCENE T1 M 2016/04/02 02:22:44.1 0316-0335 4721

2016-04-02

THEOS PAN SCENE T1 P 2016/04/02 02:22:34.7 0316-0335 0

2016-04-02

THEOS PAN SCENE T1 P 2016/04/02 02:22:38.1 0316-0336 0

2016-04-02

THEOS PAN SCENE T1 P 2016/04/02 02:22:41.5 0316-0336 0

2016-04-02

THEOS PAN SCENE T1 P 2016/04/02 02:22:44.9 0316-0337 0

2016-04-03

THEOS PAN SCENE T1 P 2016/04/03 02:03:26.7 0316-0336 0

2016-04-03

THEOS PAN SCENE T1 P 2016/04/03 02:03:30.1 0316-0337 0

2016-04-03

THEOS MS SCENE T1 M 2016/04/03 02:03:21.4 0316-0336 399

2016-04-03

THEOS PAN SCENE T1 P 2016/04/03 02:03:16.5 0316-0335 9

2016-04-03

THEOS PAN SCENE T1 P 2016/04/03 02:03:19.9 0316-0336 0

2016-04-03

THEOS PAN SCENE T1 P 2016/04/03 02:03:23.3 0316-0336 0

 ISRO 

2016-04-04

Resourcesat-2 AWiFS data of Part of Philippines as observed on April 04,2016