Overall Green Forest fire alert in Mozambique from 01 Oct 2022 00:00 UTC to 08 Oct 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 1009558
Countries:	Mozambique
Start Date - Last detection*:	01 Oct 2022 - 09 Oct 2022
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7012 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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07 Oct 04:00 08 Oct 04:00 09 Oct 04:00

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5742	07 Oct 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6022	08 Oct 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7012	09 Oct 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	7287	10 Oct 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Mozambique , Province of Zambezia (population 3,413,533) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	9300 people
5 km	9300 people
2 km	9300 people
1 km	9300 people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Zambezia	Mozambique	3.4 million 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
Gurue	VJQ	unknown				0	82 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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