Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 06 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 24 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 1006505
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Jun 2022 - 24 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7591 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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21 Jun 07:48 22 Jun 04:55 23 Jun 04:59 24 Jun 05:03 25 Jun 05:02

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5817	21 Jun 2022 06:27	GWIS
2	0.5	5977	22 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6592	23 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6700	24 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	7591	25 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 Pweto.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	6000 people
5 km	3700 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

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
Pweto	Luapula	Zambia	City	-	48 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
Luvua		1310	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5900	25 km
Pweto	PWO	unknown				0	46 km
Mukoy		1600	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4100	65 km
Kansimba		1650	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	106 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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