Overall Green Forest fire alert in Bolivia from 10 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 21 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 1008219
Countries:	Bolivia
Start Date - Last detection*:	10 Aug 2022 - 23 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	13
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	12239 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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14 Aug 05:01 15 Aug 05:02 16 Aug 06:03 17 Aug 05:04 18 Aug 05:07 21 Aug 06:13 22 Aug 06:14

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6575	14 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	10071	15 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	10132	16 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	11422	17 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	11818	18 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	12104	21 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	12239	22 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	12239	23 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	12515	24 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Bolivia , Department of Santa Cruz (population 1,361,645) . The nearest places are and San Ignacio de Velasco.

CCI Land Cover

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Santa Cruz	Bolivia	1.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
San Ignacio de Velasco	Santa Cruz	Bolivia	City	-	59 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
Concepcion	CEP	542	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	5700	58 km
Cap. Av. Juan Cochamanidis San Ignacio D	SNG	413	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3900	59 km
San Javier	SJV	520	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	4900	100 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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