Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 07 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 12 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5139 ha) in The Democratic Republic of Congo 07 Mar 2023

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 1012690
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	07 Mar 2023 - 16 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5139 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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13 Mar 06:02

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5139	13 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6138	14 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6196	17 Mar 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 Equateur (population 4,708,718) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	13000 people
5 km	9700 people
2 km	1800 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Equateur	The Democratic Republic of Congo	4.7 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
Binga		450	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3800	75 km
Gwaka		450	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	105 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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