Overall Green Forest fire alert in Mozambique from 09 Sep 2021 00:00 UTC to 14 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 1002395
Countries:	Mozambique
Start Date - Last detection*:	09 Sep 2021 - 14 Sep 2021
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	113 in the burned area
Burned area:	5122 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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15 Sep 03:48

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	113	5122	15 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Mozambique , Province of Maputo (population 1,793,868) .

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	760 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maputo	Mozambique	1.8 million people
Mpumalanga	South Africa	2.6 million people
Gaza	Mozambique	1.3 million 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
Chokwe	TGS	unknown				0	39 km
Malamala	AAM	341	Priv.	Unpaved	No	3700	71 km
Khoka Moya	KHO	unknown				0	71 km
Malamala West		381				0	73 km
Skukuza	SZK	311	Priv.	Paved	Yes	5000	79 km
Tanda Tula	TDT	unknown				0	82 km
Inyati	INY	unknown				0	82 km
Nederland		427				0	83 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Massinger Barragen	Massingir	Elefantes	1976	62 km
	Corumana	Sabie	1988	88 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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