Overall Green Forest fire alert in Bolivia from 18 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC to 26 Sep 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 1009362
Countries:	Bolivia
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 Sep 2022 - 26 Sep 2022
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	10875 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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22 Sep 05:00 26 Sep 04:00 27 Sep 04:00

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7758	22 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	10653	26 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	10875	27 Sep 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 Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, and San Ignacio de Velasco.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 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
Mato Grosso	Brazil	2.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade	Mato Grosso	Brazil	City	-	87 km
San Ignacio de Velasco	Santa Cruz	Bolivia	City	-	99 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
Fazenda Sao Francisco		262				0	51 km
Fazenda Sagrado Coracao de Jesus		152				0	69 km
Fazenda Guaporei		304				0	72 km
Mato Grosso	MTG	unknown				0	82 km
Vila Bela		270	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	85 km
Cap. Av. Juan Cochamanidis San Ignacio D	SNG	413	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3900	98 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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