Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 06 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC to 10 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 1002676
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Oct 2021 - 10 Oct 2021
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	7738 in the burned area
Burned area:	12077 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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11 Oct 03:45

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	7738	12077	11 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in The Democratic Republic of Congo , Region of Bas-Zaire (population 2,725,971) . The nearest places are Matadi, and Boma.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	100000 people
5 km	20000 people
2 km	15000 people
1 km	10000 people
Burned Area	7700 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	2546 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bas-Zaire	The Democratic Republic of Congo	2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Boma	Bas-Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	340000 people	62 km
Matadi	Bas-Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Major city	180000 people	71 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
Boma	BOA	8	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	58 km
Inga		226	Civ.	Paved	No	3600	59 km
Matadi Tshimpi	MAT	339	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5100	68 km
Kitona Base		120	Mil.	Paved	No	7800	100 km
Cabinda	CAB	20	Civ.	Paved	No	8200	106 km
Muanda		27	Civ.	Paved	No	4800	109 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Boma	CDBOA	Democratic Republic of the Congo	63 km
Matadi	CDMAT	Democratic Republic of the Congo	70 km
Ango-Ango	CDANG	Democratic Republic of the Congo	72 km
Malongo	AOMAL	Angola	99 km
Cabinda	AOCAB	Angola	105 km
Landana		Angola	107 km
Banana	CDBNW	Democratic Republic of the Congo	110 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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