Overall Green Forest fire alert in Tanzania from 29 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 03 Dec 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 1010280
Countries:	Tanzania
Start Date - Last detection*:	29 Nov 2022 - 03 Dec 2022
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	197 in the burned area
Burned area:	7806 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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03 Dec 05:00 04 Dec 05:01

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	197	6819	03 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
2		0.5	197	7806	04 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Tanzania , Region of Morogoro (population 1,497,732) . The nearest places are and Morogoro.

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	7808 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Morogoro	Tanzania	1.5 million people
Pwani	Tanzania	640000 people
Lindi	Tanzania	790000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Morogoro	Morogoro	Tanzania	City	250000 people	108 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
Kikoboga		549				0	80 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Kidatu	Great Ruaha	1975	88 km

Nuclear plants

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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