Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 13 May 2022 00:00 UTC to 26 May 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 1006302
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	13 May 2022 - 26 May 2022
Duration (days):	13
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6237 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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27 May 03:52

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	6237	27 May 2022 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 Shaba (population 5,356,509) . The nearest places are Mwanza, and Mulongo.

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	5933 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Shaba	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mwanza	Katanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	9600 people	95 km
Mulongo	Katanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	8300 people	96 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
Lusinga		1780	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4400	28 km
Mitwaba		1597	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3300	32 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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