Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 02 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC to 16 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 1001047
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	02 Jul 2021 - 16 Jul 2021
Duration (days):	14
People affected:	1120 in the burned area
Burned area:	11809 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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16 Jul 09:03 17 Jul 07:26

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	230	5704	16 Jul 2021 05:03	GWIS
2		0.5	1120	11809	17 Jul 2021 03:11	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in The Democratic Republic of Congo , Region of Kivu (population 7,173,131) . The nearest places are Kibombo, Malela, Lusamba, Kindu-Port-Empain, Samba, Pangi, and Kasongo.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	64000 people
5 km	57000 people
2 km	52000 people
1 km	31000 people
Burned Area	1100 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1216 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kivu	The Democratic Republic of Congo	7.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kibombo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	13000 people	8 km
Malela	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	63 km
Lusamba	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	81 km
Kindu-Port-Empain	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	97 km
Samba	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	100 km
Pangi	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	104 km
Kasongo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	49000 people	105 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
Kindu	KND	497	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	101 km
Kasongo	KGN	544	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3100	107 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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