Overall Green Forest fire alert in Botswana from 14 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 1002391
Countries:	Botswana
Start Date - Last detection*:	14 Sep 2021 - 20 Sep 2021
Duration (days):	6
People affected:	128 in the burned area
Burned area:	7763 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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15 Sep 03:45 16 Sep 03:46 17 Sep 03:49

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	128	5365	15 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	128	7003	16 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	128	7763	17 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	128	9636	18 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	128	10126	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	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kgalagadi	Botswana	34000 people
North West	South Africa	3.3 million 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	28 km
Pomfret		1164				0	91 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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