Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 03 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 12 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6207 ha) in The Democratic Republic of Congo 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 1008206
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	03 Aug 2022 - 12 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	913 in the burned area
Burned area:	6207 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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13 Aug 06:05

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	913	6207	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 Bandundu (population 5,092,178) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	49000 people
5 km	42000 people
2 km	39000 people
1 km	32000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	3040 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bandundu	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.1 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

Name	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Mangai II	430	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	52 km
Oshwe	470	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3100	66 km
Bindja	366	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	79 km
Bonkita	285	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4100	91 km
Boshwe	360	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	99 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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