Overall Green Forest fire alert in Angola from 09 Sep 2021 00:00 UTC to 11 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 1002364
Countries:	Angola
Start Date - Last detection*:	09 Sep 2021 - 11 Sep 2021
Duration (days):	2
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7020 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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12 Sep 03:47

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	7020	12 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Angola , Province of Zaire (population 214,669) .

CCI Land Cover

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Zaire	Angola	210000 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
N'zeto	ARZ	21	Priv.	Unpaved	No	7200	53 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Palanca Terminal	AOPAT	Angola	82 km
Kiabo Marine Terminal		Angola	83 km
Lombo		Angola	85 km
Lombo East Terminal		Angola	86 km
Boma	CDBOA	Democratic Republic of the Congo	106 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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