Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 16 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC to 03 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (10208 ha) in The Democratic Republic of Congo 16 Jul 2022

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1007848
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	16 Jul 2022 - 04 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	540 in the burned area
Burned area:	10208 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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02 Aug 06:05 03 Aug 05:32 04 Aug 05:27

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	539	8136	02 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	539	9818	03 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	540	10208	04 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	543	10930	05 Aug 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 Lubumbashi, Kipushi, Chingola, and Mufulira.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	600000 people
5 km	24000 people
2 km	7700 people
1 km	7000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Shaba	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.4 million people
North-Western	Zambia	430000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lubumbashi	Katanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Major city	1.4 million people	28 km
Kipushi	Katanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	62000 people	49 km
Chingola	Copperbelt	Zambia	City	150000 people	84 km
Mufulira	Copperbelt	Zambia	City	120000 people	104 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
Lubumbashi Luano International	FBM	1309	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10300	29 km
West Six		1219	Priv.	Unpaved	No	3500	50 km
Chingola	CGJ	unknown				0	84 km
Kasompe	ZKP	1413	Priv.	Paved	No	4600	88 km
Mufulira		1326	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4100	107 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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