Overall Green Forest fire alert in Brazil from 17 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC to 26 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 1002749
Countries:	Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	17 Oct 2021 - 04 Nov 2021
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	29274 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 22 Oct 03:46 23 Oct 03:45 24 Oct 03:47 27 Oct 03:51

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	13205	21 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	14480	22 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	22620	23 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	28590	24 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	29274	27 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	31672	02 Nov 2021 17:07	GWIS
7	0.5	33785	04 Nov 2021 10:56	GWIS
8	0.5	34102	05 Nov 2021 04:01	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Brazil , State of Mato Grosso do Sul (population 1,868,230) . The nearest places are Miranda, Bodoquena, and Aquidauana.

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	114 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	1284 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mato Grosso do Sul	Brazil	1.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Miranda	Mato Grosso do Sul	Brazil	City	13000 people	56 km
Bodoquena	Mato Grosso do Sul	Brazil	City	-	92 km
Aquidauana	Mato Grosso do Sul	Brazil	City	35000 people	107 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Fazenda Bodoquena Guaycurus	135	53 km
Vila Campao	285	91 km
Estrela Dalva	368	105 km
Gen Canrobert P Da Costa	181	107 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Porto Esperanza		Brazil	108 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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