Forest Fire (8887 ha) in The Democratic Republic of Congo 06 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 1006492
Countries: The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*: 06 Jun 2022 - 25 Jun 2022
Duration (days): 19
People affected: 957 in the burned area
Burned area: 8887 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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21 Jun 07:46

Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 957 8887 21 Jun 2022 06:27 GWIS
2 0.5 957 9597 22 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
3 0.5 957 10551 23 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
4 0.5 1031 17711 24 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
5 0.5 1031 18203 25 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
6 0.5 1031 19996 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) .

Radius Population
10 km 7700 people
5 km 5400 people
2 km <1000 people
1 km <1000 people
Burned Area 1000 people

Land Cover area Source
Settlement 1140 m2 GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Shaba The Democratic Republic of Congo 5.4 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
Mutshatsha 1160 Civ. Unpaved No 3200 50 km
Kisenge 1040 Civ. Unpaved No 4900 98 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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