Overall Green Forest fire alert in Colombia from 26 Dec 2021 00:00 UTC to 10 Jan 2022 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 1003785
Countries:	Colombia
Start Date - Last detection*:	26 Dec 2021 - 10 Jan 2022
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	23140 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	20713	09 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	23013	10 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	23140	11 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Colombia , Department of Caqueta (population 322,430) .

CCI Land Cover

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Caqueta	Colombia	320000 people
Meta	Colombia	590000 people

Affected populated places

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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
El Recreo	ELJ	unknown				0	49 km
Caquetania	CQT	unknown				0	50 km
Candilejas	CJD	unknown				0	64 km
San Vicente del Caguan	SVI	280	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5200	83 km
Puerto Rico	PCC	unknown				0	106 km
Guacamayas	GCA	unknown				0	108 km

Ports

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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