Overall Green Forest fire alert in South Africa on 12 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 1002368
Countries:	South Africa
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 Sep 2021 - 12 Sep 2021
Duration (days):	0
People affected:	66 in the burned area
Burned area:	6908 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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13 Sep 03:45

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	66	6908	13 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in South Africa , Province of Free State (population 2,535,947) . The nearest places are Bloemfontein, Boshof, Christiana, and Bloemhof.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Free State	South Africa	2.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Boshof	Free State	South Africa	City	-	60 km
Christiana	North West	South Africa	City	17000 people	76 km
Bloemhof	North West	South Africa	City	17000 people	76 km
Bloemfontein	Free State	South Africa	Major city	460000 people	99 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
Wesselsbron		1280	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	75 km
New Tempe		1380	Civ.	Paved	No	4200	88 km
Welkom	WEL	1341	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	93 km
J B M Hertzog	BFN	1359	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8300	100 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Krugersdrift	Modder	1981	65 km
Bloemhofdam	Bloemhof	Vaal	1981	74 km
	Vaalhartz	Vaal	1979	88 km
	Mazelspoort	Modder	1934	94 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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