Overall Green Forest fire in Mozambique from 25 Sep 2024 00:00 UTC to 30 Sep 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (9514 ha) in Mozambique 25 Sep 2024

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 1022453
Countries:	Mozambique
Start Date - Last detection*:	25 Sep 2024 - 30 Sep 2024
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9514 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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29 Sep 19:01 30 Sep 11:03 30 Sep 15:04 30 Sep 19:06

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5218	29 Sep 2024 18:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5234	30 Sep 2024 10:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5891	30 Sep 2024 14:00	GWIS
4	0.5	9514	30 Sep 2024 18:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Mozambique , Province of Zambezia (population 3,413,533) .

Radius	Population
10 km	11000 people
5 km	3200 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Zambezia	Mozambique	3.4 million people
Nampula	Mozambique	3.3 million people

Affected populated places

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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)	Distance
Moma	MMW	unknown	55 km
Pebane	PEB	unknown	82 km
Bajone	BJN	unknown	96 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Rio Moebase		Mozambique	42 km
Moma	MZMMW	Mozambique	57 km
Pebane	MZPEB	Mozambique	87 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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