Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 28 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 05 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (9737 ha) in The Democratic Republic of Congo 28 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 1006883
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Jun 2022 - 05 Jul 2022
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9737 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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02 Jul 04:45 03 Jul 04:48 05 Jul 04:48 07 Jul 05:00

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6982	02 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	7025	03 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	9558	05 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	9737	07 Jul 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 and Tshikapa.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1400 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kasai-Occidental	The Democratic Republic of Congo	3.2 million people
Lunda Norte	Angola	330000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tshikapa	Kasai-Occidental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	260000 people	72 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
Tshikapa	TSH	486	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	5200	73 km
Chitato	PGI	762				0	90 km
Dundo	DUE	747				0	95 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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