Overall Green Forest fire alert in Brazil from 07 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 23 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 1008199
Countries:	Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	07 Aug 2022 - 25 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	16465 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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13 Aug 06:03 14 Aug 05:03 15 Aug 05:04 16 Aug 06:05 17 Aug 05:07 18 Aug 05:10 19 Aug 05:11 20 Aug 06:14 21 Aug 06:16 22 Aug 06:17 23 Aug 06:20 24 Aug 06:24

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5772	13 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6607	14 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7689	15 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	7934	16 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	8173	17 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	8237	18 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	8390	19 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	8478	20 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	9698	21 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
10	0.5	13634	22 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
11	0.5	16119	23 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
12	0.5	16465	24 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
13	0.5	16672	25 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
14	0.5	16800	26 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 and Novo Progresso.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1500 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no 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
Novo Progresso	Pará	Brazil	City	15000 people	81 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
Progresso	PGG	unknown				0	103 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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