Overall Green Forest fire alert in Botswana from 13 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC to 15 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (7450 ha) in Botswana 13 Sep 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 1009311
Countries:	Botswana
Start Date - Last detection*:	13 Sep 2022 - 19 Sep 2022
Duration (days):	6
People affected:	58 in the burned area
Burned area:	7450 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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15 Sep 05:00 16 Sep 05:00

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	58	7304	15 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	58	7450	16 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	58	8007	20 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Botswana , District of Kgatleng (population 62,402) . The nearest places are Mochudi, and Mahalapye.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	4100 people
5 km	2100 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	874 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kgatleng	Botswana	62000 people
Central	Botswana	450000 people
Northern	South Africa	4.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mochudi	Kgatleng	Botswana	City	41000 people	76 km
Mahalapye	Central	Botswana	City	44000 people	97 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
Dwaalboom		1113	Priv.	Unpaved	No	4500	91 km
Ellisras Southwest	ELL	899				0	98 km

Ports

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Bokaa	Metsemotlhaba	n/a	92 km
Hans Strijdom	Mogol	1975	97 km
Eerste Poort	Marico	1986	103 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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