Overall Green Forest fire alert in Portugal from 06 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 08 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 1008114
Countries:	Portugal
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Aug 2022 - 21 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	221 in the burned area
Burned area:	5380 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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09 Aug 04:47

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	221	5380	09 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	108	6595	10 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	855	11821	11 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	614	15612	12 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	795	17008	13 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	795	17634	16 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	1724	22938	17 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	1581	23254	18 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	1581	23276	22 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Portugal , District of Castelo Branco (population 214,900) . The nearest places are Coimbra, Covilhã, Guarda, Viseu, and Castelo Branco.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	44000 people
5 km	31000 people
2 km	9600 people
1 km	3700 people
Burned Area	1600 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	3382 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	5175 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Castelo Branco	Portugal	210000 people
Guarda	Portugal	190000 people
Viseu	Portugal	400000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Covilhã	Castelo Branco	Portugal	City	18000 people	7 km
Guarda	Guarda	Portugal	City	28000 people	31 km
Viseu	Viseu	Portugal	City	26000 people	48 km
Castelo Branco	Castelo Branco	Portugal	City	33000 people	58 km
Coimbra	Coimbra	Portugal	Major city	110000 people	78 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
Covilha	COV	482	Civ.	Paved	No	3100	9 km
Viseu	VSE	628	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	52 km

Ports

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Meimoa	Meimoa	1985	33 km
Sabugal	Coa	2000	36 km
Santa Luzia	Unhais	1942	40 km
Idanha	Ponsul	1949	52 km
Fronhas	Alva	1984	56 km
Aguieira	Mondego	1981	57 km
Raiva	Mondego	1981	62 km
Cabril	Zezere	1954	70 km
Vilar	Tavora	1965	71 km
Cedillo	Tajo	1975	75 km
Rivera de Gata Main Dam	Gata	1990	79 km
Iruena	Agueda	n/a	81 km
Bouqa	Zezere	1955	81 km
Alcantara 2	Tajo	1969	87 km
Varosa	Varosa	1976	89 km
Pracana	Ocreza	1951	90 km
Regua	Douro	1973	91 km
Valeira	Douro	1975	91 km
Fratel	Tejo	1973	92 km
Pocinho	Douro	1982	94 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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