Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 06 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 25 Jan 2023 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 1011565
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Jan 2023 - 25 Jan 2023
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	501 in the burned area
Burned area:	128353 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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22 Jan 06:06 23 Jan 06:05 24 Jan 06:05 25 Jan 06:04 26 Jan 06:06

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	501	115060	22 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	501	119195	23 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	501	126111	24 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	501	127669	25 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	501	128353	26 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in The Democratic Republic of Congo , Region of Haut-Zaire (population 5,815,627) . The nearest places are and Watsa.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	342 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	122317 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Haut-Zaire	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.8 million people
Al Istiwa'iyah	Sudan	1.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Watsa	Orientale	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	24000 people	125 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
Faradje		820	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	53 km
Dungu-Uye		725	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	90 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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