Overall Green Forest fire alert in Brazil from 03 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 22 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 1008208
Countries:	Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	03 Aug 2022 - 22 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	18135 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6572	13 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	10296	14 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	10805	15 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	11207	16 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	11210	17 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	12430	18 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	12678	19 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	12747	20 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	13680	21 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
10	0.5	17172	22 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
11	0.5	18135	23 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Brazil , State of Mato Grosso (population 2,123,576) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1700 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mato Grosso	Brazil	2.1 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

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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