Forest Fire (5045 ha) in Bolivia 19 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 1009368
Countries: Bolivia
Start Date - Last detection*: 19 Sep 2022 - 22 Sep 2022
Duration (days): 3
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 5045 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 5045 23 Sep 2022 03:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Bolivia , Department of El Beni (population 264,208) .

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


Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
El Beni Bolivia 260000 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
San Ignacio de Moxos SNM 140 Civ. Unpaved No 5900 47 km
Jorge Henrich Arauz TDD 155 Civ. Paved Yes 6000 86 km
Santa Ana Yacuma SBL unknown 0 86 km
Santa Ana Del Yacuma 143 Civ. Unpaved Yes 5000 89 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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