Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 07 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 26 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 1006798
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	07 Jun 2022 - 26 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7468 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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27 Jun 05:01

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	7468	27 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 Kabalo, and Kitotolo.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	38000 people
5 km	35000 people
2 km	14000 people
1 km	12000 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	2128 m2	GHSL

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
Kabalo	Katanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	29000 people	46 km
Kitotolo	Katanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	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
Kabalo	KBO	561	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4500	43 km
Manono	MNO	633	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4500	105 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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