Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 02 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC to 14 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC

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 1000764
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	02 Jul 2021 - 14 Jul 2021
Duration (days):	12
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	18423 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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13 Jul 14:49 15 Jul 07:16

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	17215	13 Jul 2021 12:34	GWIS
2	0.5	18423	15 Jul 2021 05:03	GWIS
3	0.5	30831	16 Jul 2021 05:03	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 Katako-Kombe, Lubefu, and Lusamba.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	12000 people
5 km	5800 people
2 km	5200 people
1 km	4600 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	9918 m2	GHSL

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
Katako-Kombe	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	16000 people	73 km
Lubefu	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	16000 people	74 km
Lusamba		Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	88 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Dikungu	560	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	8 km
Oduku	564	Civ.	Unpaved	No	8200	18 km
Tshumbe	350	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4200	19 km
Katako'Kombe	603	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	66 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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