Overall Green Forest fire alert in Botswana from 13 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 15 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 1008251
Countries:	Botswana
Start Date - Last detection*:	13 Aug 2022 - 25 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	12
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	21420 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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15 Aug 05:00 16 Aug 06:01

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	17599	15 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	21420	16 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	22740	17 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	38129	18 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	42560	19 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	42998	20 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	43186	21 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	44725	22 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	45697	23 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
10	0.5	48862	24 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
11	0.5	50353	25 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
12	0.5	50537	26 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Botswana , District of Ghanzi (population 26,956) .

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	21402 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Ghanzi	Botswana	27000 people
Kweneng	Botswana	200000 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	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Kang		1073	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	101 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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