Forest Fire (8625 ha) in Bolivia 12 Jun 2022

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 1006402
Countries: Bolivia
Start Date - Last detection*: 12 Jun 2022 - 26 Jun 2022
Duration (days): 14
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 8625 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 7742 21 Jun 2022 06:27 GWIS
2 0.5 0 7844 22 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 7844 23 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 7993 24 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
5 0.5 0 8131 25 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
6 0.5 0 8216 26 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
7 0.5 0 8625 27 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Bolivia , Department of Santa Cruz (population 1,361,645) . The nearest places are and San Ignacio de Velasco.

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


Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Santa Cruz Bolivia 1.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
San Ignacio de Velasco Santa Cruz Bolivia City - 76 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
Cap. Av. Juan Cochamanidis San Ignacio D SNG 413 Civ. Unpaved Yes 3900 75 km
Fazenda Sao Francisco 262 0 75 km
Fazenda Sagrado Coracao de Jesus 152 0 93 km
Fazenda Guaporei 304 0 95 km

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Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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