Overall Green Forest fire alert in Brazil from 26 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 05 Jul 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 1007008
Countries:	Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	26 Jun 2022 - 05 Jul 2022
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	3 in the burned area
Burned area:	5513 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	3	5354	05 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
2		0.5	3	5513	06 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Brazil , State of Maranhao (population 5,171,804) . The nearest places are Fernando Falcão, Barra do Corda, Jenipapo dos Vieiras, Santa Filomena do Maranhão, São Raimundo do Doca Bezerra, Tuntum, São Domingos do Maranhão, and São Roberto.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	2126 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maranhao	Brazil	5.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Fernando Falcão	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	43 km
Barra do Corda	Maranhão	Brazil	City	49000 people	46 km
Jenipapo dos Vieiras	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	77 km
Santa Filomena do Maranhão	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	86 km
São Raimundo do Doca Bezerra	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	92 km
Tuntum	Maranhão	Brazil	City	16000 people	99 km
São Domingos do Maranhão	Maranhão	Brazil	City	17000 people	100 km
São Roberto	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	103 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
Barra Do Corda	BDC	155	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5100	51 km
Sao Domingos do Maranhao		240	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	96 km
Grajau		236	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4200	102 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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