Overall Green Forest fire alert in Bolivia from 15 Sep 2021 00:00 UTC to 27 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 1002461
Countries:	Bolivia
Start Date - Last detection*:	15 Sep 2021 - 27 Sep 2021
Duration (days):	12
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	22050 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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20 Sep 03:50 21 Sep 03:53 22 Sep 05:35 23 Sep 03:49 24 Sep 03:49 25 Sep 03:49 26 Sep 03:55 27 Sep 03:50 28 Sep 03:52

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5070	20 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	9406	21 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	9874	22 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	10662	23 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	11285	24 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	11986	25 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	12403	26 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	12754	27 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	22050	28 Sep 2021 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Bolivia , Department of El Beni (population 264,208) .

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
El Beni	Bolivia	260000 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
Huacaraje	BVK	unknown				0	62 km
Magdalena	MGD	141	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	4500	73 km
Baures	BVL	unknown				0	75 km
San Ramon	SRD	140	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	88 km
San Joaquin	SJB	140	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	107 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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