Overall Green Forest fire alert in Congo from 29 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC to 02 Aug 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 1008004
Countries:	Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	29 Jul 2022 - 04 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	6
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5339 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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03 Aug 04:49

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5339	03 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5641	04 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6218	05 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Congo , Region of Cuvette (population 176,537) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Cuvette	Congo	180000 people
Plateaux	Congo	150000 people
Haut-Ogooue	Gabon	160000 people

Affected populated places

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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
Leconi	LEO	unknown				0	36 km
Lekana	LKC	unknown				0	44 km
Lague	LCO	840	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4100	57 km
Djambala	DJM	791	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5700	72 km
Okoyo	OKG	unknown				0	81 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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