Overall Green Forest fire alert in Angola 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 1006574
Countries:	Angola
Start Date - Last detection*:	05 Jun 2022 - 24 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	5292 in the burned area
Burned area:	16488 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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21 Jun 08:00 22 Jun 05:05 23 Jun 05:09 24 Jun 05:07 25 Jun 05:11

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5292	15456	21 Jun 2022 06:27	GWIS
2	0.5	5292	15862	22 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5292	15957	23 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	5292	16189	24 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	5292	16488	25 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Angola , Province of Huambo (population 1,703,932) . The nearest places are Huambo, Chinguar, Kuito, Caála, and Andulo.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	12000 people
5 km	4800 people
2 km	4200 people
1 km	2600 people
Burned Area	5300 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	342 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Huambo	Angola	1.7 million people
Bie	Angola	1.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Chinguar	Bié	Angola	City	-	23 km
Kuito	Bié	Angola	City	110000 people	72 km
Huambo	Huambo	Angola	Major city	230000 people	74 km
Caála	Huambo	Angola	City	22000 people	95 km
Andulo	Bié	Angola	City	-	107 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
Kuito	SVP	1712	Civ.	Paved	No	8200	74 km
Huambo	NOV	1703	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8700	75 km
Andulo	ANL	unknown				0	108 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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