Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 05 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 1006567
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	05 Jun 2022 - 24 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	813 in the burned area
Burned area:	35871 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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21 Jun 07:59 22 Jun 05:05 23 Jun 05:05 24 Jun 05:10 25 Jun 05:09

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	149	10335	21 Jun 2022 06:27	GWIS
2	0.5	149	10404	22 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	149	10545	23 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	740	33472	24 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	813	35871	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 Kasai-Occidental (population 3,162,753) . The nearest places are Kanunkina, Luiza, Kahinda, Mwene-Ditu, Luputa, and Kanda-Kanda.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	71000 people
5 km	47000 people
2 km	23000 people
1 km	14000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	988 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	27241 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kasai-Occidental	The Democratic Republic of Congo	3.2 million people
Shaba	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kanunkina	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	53 km
Luiza	Kasai-Occidental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	63 km
Kahinda	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	65 km
Mwene-Ditu	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	190000 people	93 km
Luputa	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	110 km
Kanda-Kanda	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	112 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
Luiza	LZA	881	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	68 km
Mwene-Ditu		975	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	72 km
Kapanga	KAP	922	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	85 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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