Overall Green Forest fire alert in Burundi from 13 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 21 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 1006646
Countries:	Burundi
Start Date - Last detection*:	13 Jun 2022 - 22 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	2439 in the burned area
Burned area:	6801 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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22 Jun 04:49

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	2439	6801	22 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
2		0.5	2439	7038	23 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Burundi , Region of Cankuzo (population 159,568) . The nearest places are and Butare.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	140000 people
5 km	64000 people
2 km	1500 people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	2400 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	6576 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Cankuzo	Burundi	160000 people
Muyinga	Burundi	430000 people
Karuzi	Burundi	340000 people
Ruyigi	Burundi	290000 people
Ziwa Magharibi	Tanzania	1.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Butare	Butare	Rwanda	City	88000 people	94 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
Kibondo		1311				0	51 km
Gitega Zenngo	GID	1750	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3100	65 km
Ngara		1676	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	71 km
Kirundo	KRE	1408	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	71 km
Nemba		1495	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	89 km
Butare	BTQ	unknown				0	95 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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