Overall Green Forest fire alert in Brazil from 04 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 23 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (16433 ha) in Brazil 04 Aug 2022

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 1008311
Countries:	Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	04 Aug 2022 - 23 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	16433 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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17 Aug 05:09 18 Aug 05:12 19 Aug 05:13 20 Aug 06:16 21 Aug 06:18 22 Aug 06:21 23 Aug 06:23 24 Aug 06:28

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7306	17 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	8648	18 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	9132	19 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	10011	20 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	10600	21 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	14909	22 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	16199	23 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	16433	24 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Brazil , State of Piaui (population 2,712,028) . The nearest places are Redenção do Gurguéia, Júlio Borges, São Gonçalo do Gurguéia, Avelino Lopes, Morro Cabeça no Tempo, Barreiras do Piauí, Cristalândia do Piauí, and Sebastião Barros.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1300 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Piaui	Brazil	2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Redenção do Gurguéia	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	48 km
Júlio Borges	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	64 km
São Gonçalo do Gurguéia	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	70 km
Avelino Lopes	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	82 km
Morro Cabeça no Tempo	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	86 km
Barreiras do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	89 km
Cristalândia do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	97 km
Sebastião Barros	Piauí	Brazil	City	-	101 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Corrente	473	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	76 km
Gilbues	450	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	77 km
Gurgueia	325	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	107 km

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Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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