Overall Green Forest fire alert in Bolivia from 28 Sep 2021 00:00 UTC to 10 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5286 ha) in Bolivia 28 Sep 2021

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 1002673
Countries:	Bolivia
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Sep 2021 - 10 Oct 2021
Duration (days):	12
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5286 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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10 Oct 03:49 11 Oct 03:50

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5233	10 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	5286	11 Oct 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) .

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
Santa Cruz	Bolivia	1.4 million people
Mato Grosso	Brazil	2.1 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

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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