Overall Green Forest fire alert in Mozambique from 25 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC to 09 Nov 2021 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (224159 ha) in Mozambique 25 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 1003515
Countries:	Mozambique
Start Date - Last detection*:	25 Oct 2021 - 09 Nov 2021
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	8353 in the burned area
Burned area:	224159 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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22 Nov 05:01

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	8353	224159	22 Nov 2021 04:01	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Mozambique , Province of Sofala (population 1,454,224) . The nearest places are and Beira.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	33000 people
5 km	24000 people
2 km	15000 people
1 km	11000 people
Burned Area	8400 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	4370 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	9646 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sofala	Mozambique	1.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Beira	Sofala	Mozambique	Major city	520000 people	77 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
Beira	BEW	10	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800	71 km
Inhaminga	IMG	unknown				0	86 km
Luabo	LBM	unknown				0	136 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Beira	MZBEW	Mozambique	76 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Bue Maria	Pungoe	n/a	64 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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