Overall Green Forest fire alert in Brazil from 06 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 13 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 1008144
Countries:	Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Aug 2022 - 13 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	10255 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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10 Aug 04:48 11 Aug 06:04 12 Aug 06:12 13 Aug 06:03 14 Aug 05:04

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7960	10 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	9108	11 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	9741	12 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	10004	13 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	10255	14 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) . The nearest places are Caseara, Santana do Araguaia, Redenção, Conceição do Araguaia, Pau d'Arco, and Couto de Magalhães.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1800 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Para	Brazil	5.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Caseara	Tocantins	Brazil	City	-	67 km
Santana do Araguaia	Pará	Brazil	City	19000 people	70 km
Redenção	Pará	Brazil	City	62000 people	72 km
Conceição do Araguaia	Pará	Brazil	City	29000 people	90 km
Pau d'Arco	Pará	Brazil	City	-	93 km
Couto de Magalhães	Tocantins	Brazil	City	-	93 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
Piaus		180	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5900	18 km
Araguacema		180	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	39 km
Redencao	RDC	204	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3100	70 km
Santana Do Araguaia	CMP	182	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	81 km
Conceicao Do Araguaia	CDJ	194	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	84 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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