Overall Green Forest fire alert in Bolivia from 27 Sep 2021 00:00 UTC to 15 Oct 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 1002620
Countries:	Bolivia
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Sep 2021 - 15 Oct 2021
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	31959 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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03 Oct 03:50 04 Oct 03:50 05 Oct 03:52 07 Oct 03:51 08 Oct 03:49 09 Oct 03:49 10 Oct 03:51 11 Oct 03:51 12 Oct 03:49 13 Oct 03:50 14 Oct 03:50 15 Oct 03:51 16 Oct 03:53

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	15688	03 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	17220	04 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	18277	05 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	19214	07 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	19263	08 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	19532	09 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	23968	10 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	25181	11 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	25453	12 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
10	0.5	26085	13 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
11	0.5	31245	14 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
12	0.5	31862	15 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
13	0.5	31959	16 Oct 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	<1000 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
Santa Ana Del Yacuma		143	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	5000	69 km
San Ramon	SRD	140	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	73 km
Santa Ana Yacuma	SBL	unknown				0	85 km
Jorge Henrich Arauz	TDD	155	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6000	98 km
San Joaquin	SJB	140	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	99 km
Magdalena	MGD	141	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	4500	111 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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