Overall Green Forest fire alert in Zambia from 23 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC to 30 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 1007722
Countries:	Zambia
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 Jul 2022 - 07 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	5 in the burned area
Burned area:	7383 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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01 Aug 05:48

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5	7383	01 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5	7582	01 Aug 2022 11:38	GWIS
3	0.5	5	8071	02 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	5	8530	05 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	5	10876	06 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	5	11277	08 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Zambia , Province of Luapula (population 591,393) . The nearest places are and Pweto.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	51000 people
5 km	44000 people
2 km	31000 people
1 km	3300 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	190 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	2097 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Luapula	Zambia	590000 people
Northern	Zambia	970000 people
Shaba	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pweto	Luapula	Zambia	City	-	42 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
Pweto	PWO	unknown				0	45 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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