Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 08 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 12 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 1008175
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	08 Aug 2022 - 12 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9764 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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12 Aug 06:07 13 Aug 06:02

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	7661	12 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	9764	13 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 Shaba (population 5,356,509) . The nearest places are and Dilolo.

CCI Land Cover

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Shaba	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Dilolo	Katanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	17000 people	97 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
Sandoa		976	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	47 km
Dilolo		1030	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5900	100 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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