Overall Green Forest fire alert in Brazil from 15 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 04 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 1007009
Countries:	Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	15 Jun 2022 - 04 Jul 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	20 in the burned area
Burned area:	5943 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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05 Jul 05:04

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	20	5943	05 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 São João do Soter, Governador Luiz Rocha, Senador Alexandre Costa, Governador Eugênio Barros, Caxias, Lagoa do Mato, Jatobá, Governador Archer, São Domingos do Maranhão, Aldeias Altas, and Teresina.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	3600 people
5 km	2400 people
2 km	1300 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maranhao	Brazil	5.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
São João do Soter	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	38 km
Governador Luiz Rocha	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	46 km
Senador Alexandre Costa	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	47 km
Governador Eugênio Barros	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	65 km
Caxias	Maranhão	Brazil	City	120000 people	67 km
Lagoa do Mato	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	71 km
Jatobá	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	77 km
Governador Archer	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	80 km
São Domingos do Maranhão	Maranhão	Brazil	City	17000 people	83 km
Aldeias Altas	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	89 km
Timon	Maranhão	Brazil	City	120000 people	98 km
Santo Antônio dos Lopes	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	98 km
Curralinhos	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	100 km
Santa Filomena do Maranhão	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	100 km
Teresina	Piaui	Brazil	City	740000 people	101 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
Caxias	QXC	105	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3800	69 km
Sao Domingos do Maranhao		240	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	87 km
Colinas		120	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	88 km
Presidente Dutra	PDR	unknown				0	90 km
Domingos Rego		113				0	95 km
Teresina	THE	67	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	101 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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