Overall Green Forest fire alert in Bolivia, Brazil from 11 Sep 2021 00:00 UTC to 15 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 1002394
Countries:	Bolivia, Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	11 Sep 2021 - 20 Sep 2021
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7251 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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15 Sep 03:46 16 Sep 03:47

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6161	15 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	7251	16 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7529	21 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Bolivia , Department of Santa Cruz (population 1,361,645) . The nearest places are Porto Esperidião, Glória d'Oeste, and Cáceres.

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
Santa Cruz	Bolivia	1.4 million people
Mato Grosso	Brazil	2.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Porto Esperidião	Mato Grosso	Brazil	City	-	81 km
Glória d'Oeste	Mato Grosso	Brazil	City	-	93 km
Cáceres	Mato Grosso	Brazil	City	69000 people	98 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
Corixa		120	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	27 km
San Matias	MQK	124	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	28 km
Descalvados		110	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3700	74 km
Caceres	CCX	135	Civ.	Paved	No	6000	101 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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