Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 25 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC to 12 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 1008235
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	25 Jul 2022 - 12 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	890 in the burned area
Burned area:	16674 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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14 Aug 05:12

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	890	16674	14 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 Kasai-Oriental (population 3,322,019) . The nearest places are Kanunkina, Kahinda, Mwene-Ditu, Luputa, Kanda-Kanda, and Luiza.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	200000 people
5 km	96000 people
2 km	38000 people
1 km	17000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	912 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	4243 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kasai-Oriental	The Democratic Republic of Congo	3.3 million people
Kasai-Occidental	The Democratic Republic of Congo	3.2 million people
Shaba	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kanunkina	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	23 km
Kahinda	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	24 km
Mwene-Ditu	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	190000 people	74 km
Luputa	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	77 km
Kanda-Kanda	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	89 km
Luiza	Kasai-Occidental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	103 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
Mwene-Ditu		975	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	74 km
Kaniama		875	Civ.	Paved	No	4100	92 km
Kapanga	KAP	922	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	98 km
Kaniama	KNM	845	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	103 km
Luiza	LZA	881	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	108 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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