Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 26 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC to 05 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 1008043
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	26 Jul 2022 - 11 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	16
People affected:	1434 in the burned area
Burned area:	6465 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	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	1434	5557	05 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	1434	6465	06 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	1671	8878	09 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	1671	11191	10 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	1671	12075	11 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	1671	12209	12 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 Kasai-Occidental (population 3,162,753) . The nearest places are Mweka, Demba, and Kananga.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	140000 people
5 km	15000 people
2 km	2500 people
1 km	2500 people
Burned Area	1700 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1216 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kasai-Occidental	The Democratic Republic of Congo	3.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mweka	Kasai-Occidental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	50000 people	55 km
Demba	Kasai-Occidental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	22000 people	60 km
Kananga	Kasai-Occidental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	460000 people	106 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
Mweka	MEW	unknown				0	57 km
Musese		570	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	86 km
Luebo		500	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	87 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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