Overall Green Forest fire alert in Bolivia from 02 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 20 Nov 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 1009779
Countries:	Bolivia
Start Date - Last detection*:	02 Nov 2022 - 20 Nov 2022
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	18428 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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15 Nov 06:11 17 Nov 05:05 18 Nov 05:06 19 Nov 05:06 20 Nov 05:09 21 Nov 05:08

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	16349	15 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	16493	17 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	16589	18 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	17198	19 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	18379	20 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	18428	21 Nov 2022 04:00	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 and Vallegrande.

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	9319 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Santa Cruz	Bolivia	1.4 million people
Chuquisaca	Bolivia	540000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Vallegrande	Santa Cruz	Bolivia	City	-	94 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
Monteagudo	MHW	1120	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	66 km
Camiri Choreti	CAM	unknown				0	85 km
Vallegrande	VAH	1998	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	96 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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