Overall Green Forest fire alert in Brazil from 03 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 20 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 1008207
Countries:	Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	03 Aug 2022 - 20 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	17
People affected:	1 in the burned area
Burned area:	5608 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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13 Aug 06:06 14 Aug 05:07 16 Aug 06:08 17 Aug 05:10 20 Aug 06:19 21 Aug 06:20

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	2	5120	13 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	2	5179	14 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	2	5181	16 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	1	5591	17 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	1	5594	20 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	1	5608	21 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Brazil , State of Maranhao (population 5,171,804) . The nearest places are Aldeias Altas, Caxias, Afonso Cunha, Lagoa Alegre, José de Freitas, Timon, Teresina, Chapadinha, São João do Soter, Porto, and Altos.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	3700 people
5 km	1700 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maranhao	Brazil	5.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Aldeias Altas	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	29 km
Caxias	Maranhão	Brazil	City	120000 people	43 km
Afonso Cunha	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	45 km
Lagoa Alegre	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	68 km
José de Freitas	Piaui	Brazil	City	19000 people	78 km
Timon	Maranhão	Brazil	City	120000 people	79 km
Teresina	Piaui	Brazil	City	740000 people	81 km
Chapadinha	Maranhão	Brazil	City	40000 people	86 km
São João do Soter	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	91 km
Porto	Piaui	Brazil	City	6500 people	91 km
Mata Roma	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	99 km
Campo Largo do Piauí	Piauí	Brazil	City	-	100 km
Cabeceiras do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	104 km
Altos	Piaui	Brazil	City	28000 people	105 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
Coelho Neto		100	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	38 km
Caxias	QXC	105	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3800	41 km
Magalhaes de Almeida		62	Civ.	Paved	No	4600	72 km
Domingos Rego		113				0	75 km
Teresina	THE	67	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	76 km
Itapicuru		58				0	86 km
Coroata		48	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3100	105 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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