Overall Green Forest fire alert in Indonesia from 07 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 15 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 1008142
Countries:	Indonesia
Start Date - Last detection*:	07 Aug 2022 - 15 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	422 in the burned area
Burned area:	7171 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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10 Aug 04:46 13 Aug 06:02 16 Aug 06:05

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	422	6988	10 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	422	7109	13 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	422	7171	16 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Indonesia , Province of Kalimantan Barat (population 3,480,604) . The nearest places are Sanggau, Serian, and Simunjan.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	35000 people
5 km	9500 people
2 km	7000 people
1 km	5000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	2204 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kalimantan Barat	Indonesia	3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sanggau	Kalimantan Barat	Indonesia	City	-	47 km
Serian	Sarawak	Malaysia	City	-	69 km
Simunjan	Sarawak	Malaysia	City	-	95 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
Kuching	KCH	27	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	107 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Sadong		Malaysia	105 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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