Overall Green Forest fire alert in Tanzania from 14 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 21 Jun 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 1006380
Countries:	Tanzania
Start Date - Last detection*:	14 Jun 2022 - 25 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	11
People affected:	55 in the burned area
Burned area:	7525 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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21 Jun 07:28 22 Jun 04:48 23 Jun 04:49

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	50	6646	21 Jun 2022 06:27	GWIS
2	0.5	55	7389	22 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	55	7525	23 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	55	7662	25 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	52	7829	26 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Tanzania , Region of Shinyanga (population 2,171,197) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	29000 people
5 km	21000 people
2 km	18000 people
1 km	17000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	7526 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Shinyanga	Tanzania	2.2 million 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
Mwadui	MWN	1210	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6100	95 km
Ibadakuli	SHY	1158	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	108 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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