Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 14 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC to 28 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (10146 ha) in The Democratic Republic of Congo 14 Jul 2021

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 1001498
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	14 Jul 2021 - 28 Jul 2021
Duration (days):	14
People affected:	6060 in the burned area
Burned area:	10146 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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05 Aug 06:29

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	6060	10146	05 Aug 2021 03:06	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in The Democratic Republic of Congo , Region of Kasai-Oriental (population 3,322,019) . The nearest places are Luputa, Kahinda, Kanunkina, Kanda-Kanda, Mwene-Ditu, and Gandajika.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	43000 people
5 km	25000 people
2 km	16000 people
1 km	15000 people
Burned Area	6100 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	17138 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kasai-Oriental	The Democratic Republic of Congo	3.3 million people
Shaba	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Luputa	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	52 km
Kahinda	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	56 km
Kanunkina	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	73 km
Kanda-Kanda	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	81 km
Mwene-Ditu	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	190000 people	81 km
Gandajika	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	150000 people	97 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
Kaniama		875	Civ.	Paved	No	4100	25 km
Kaniama	KNM	845	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	34 km
Gandajika	GDJ	798	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	99 km
Luniemu		1090	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	117 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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