Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 28 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 12 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5496 ha) in The Democratic Republic of Congo 28 May 2023

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1014759
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 May 2023 - 12 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5496 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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10 Jun 12:09 13 Jun 13:18

Impact Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5259	10 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	5496	13 Jun 2023 08:00	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 Tshofa, Seke, Sentery, Lusamba, and Sangua.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1900 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kasai-Oriental	The Democratic Republic of Congo	3.3 million people
Kivu	The Democratic Republic of Congo	7.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tshofa	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	15000 people	28 km
Seke	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	43 km
Sentery	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	60 km
Lusamba		Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	91 km
Sangua	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	96 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
Lubao		800	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	52 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

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