Overall Green Forest fire alert in South Africa from 19 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC to 20 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5537 ha) in South Africa 19 Oct 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 1002747
Countries:	South Africa
Start Date - Last detection*:	19 Oct 2021 - 20 Oct 2021
Duration (days):	1
People affected:	5 in the burned area
Burned area:	5537 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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21 Oct 03:47

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	5	5537	21 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in South Africa , Province of Eastern Cape (population 6,007,740) . The nearest places are Queenstown, and Aliwal North.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	11000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Eastern Cape	South Africa	6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Queenstown	Eastern Cape	South Africa	City	100000 people	71 km
Aliwal North	Eastern Cape	South Africa	City	44000 people	91 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
Elliot		1533				0	55 km
Queenstown	UTW	1109	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	73 km
Aliwal North		1344	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	91 km

Ports

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Doringrivier	Doring	1984	18 km
Lubisi	Indwe	1968	51 km
Xonxa	White Kei	1982	54 km
Ncora	Tsomo	1976	61 km
Bonkolo	Bonkolo	1908	67 km
Ysterfontein	Stormbergspruit	1960	83 km
Molteno	Stormbergspruit	1935	87 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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