Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 06 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 25 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 1006488
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Jun 2022 - 25 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	412 in the burned area
Burned area:	9174 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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21 Jun 07:45 23 Jun 04:59 24 Jun 05:03 26 Jun 05:10

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	0	6852	21 Jun 2022 06:27	GWIS
2	0.5	412	7783	23 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	412	7965	24 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	412	9174	26 Jun 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 and Mwanza.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	72000 people
5 km	59000 people
2 km	45000 people
1 km	33000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	532 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	9180 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	107 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Lusinga	1780	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4400	85 km
Luena	716	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	102 km
Mitwaba	1597	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3300	105 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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