Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 06 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 23 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5742 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 1006686
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Jun 2022 - 25 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5742 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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23 Jun 05:01 24 Jun 05:02

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5330	23 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5742	24 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6679	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) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	3200 people
5 km	<1000 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
Moxico	Angola	350000 people
North-Western	Zambia	430000 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	57 km
Kisenge		1040	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	79 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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