Overall Green Forest fire alert in Botswana from 08 Sep 2021 00:00 UTC to 16 Sep 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 1002296
Countries:	Botswana
Start Date - Last detection*:	08 Sep 2021 - 20 Sep 2021
Duration (days):	12
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	83034 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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10 Sep 09:54 11 Sep 03:48 12 Sep 03:50 13 Sep 03:52 14 Sep 03:50 15 Sep 03:49 16 Sep 03:50 17 Sep 03:52

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7648	10 Sep 2021 09:18	GWIS
2	0.5	8541	11 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	10253	12 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	16031	13 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	18259	14 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	77901	15 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	82030	16 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	83034	17 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	83496	19 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
10	0.5	86786	20 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
11	0.5	87092	21 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Botswana , District of Kgalagadi (population 33,699) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kgalagadi	Botswana	34000 people
Northern Cape	South Africa	720000 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)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Tsabong	TBY	930	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3400	83 km
Two Rivers		914				0	108 km
Bokspits		1036				0	118 km
Tswalu Game Reserve		1284	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	133 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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