Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 20 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC to 07 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 1008089
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	20 Jul 2022 - 08 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	2359 in the burned area
Burned area:	19737 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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07 Aug 05:21 08 Aug 05:26

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	2789	18993	07 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	2359	19737	08 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	2361	25406	09 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 Bandundu (population 5,092,178) . The nearest places are Idiofa, and Kikwit.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	120000 people
5 km	79000 people
2 km	41000 people
1 km	20000 people
Burned Area	2400 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	3344 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bandundu	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Idiofa		Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	19000 people	45 km
Kikwit		Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	190000 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
Idiofa	IDF	701	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	50 km
Mangai II		430	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	53 km
Basongo	BAN	500	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	98 km
Lusanga	LUS	416	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3000	99 km
Kikwit	KKW	479	Civ.	Paved	No	5100	103 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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