Forest Fire (6910 ha) in Brazil 03 Aug 2022

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 1008119
Countries: Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*: 03 Aug 2022 - 22 Aug 2022
Duration (days): 19
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 6910 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score


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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 6259 09 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 6353 10 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 6564 11 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 6910 12 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
5 0.5 0 6910 13 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
6 0.5 0 7149 14 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
7 0.5 0 7163 15 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
8 0.5 0 8496 16 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
9 0.5 0 8698 17 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
10 0.5 0 8830 18 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
11 0.5 0 9036 19 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
12 0.5 0 9045 20 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
13 0.5 0 9257 21 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
14 0.5 0 9309 22 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
15 0.5 0 9423 23 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Brazil , State of Para (population 5,343,148) .

Radius Population
10 km 1200 people
5 km 1000 people
2 km <1000 people
1 km <1000 people
Burned Area no people

Land Cover area Source
Protected Area 5334 ha WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Para Brazil 5.3 million people

Affected populated places

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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