Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 21 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 28 May 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 1014519
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	21 May 2023 - 28 May 2023
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	32 in the burned area
Burned area:	6022 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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29 May 12:05

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	32	6022	29 May 2023 08:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in The Democratic Republic of Congo , Region of Shaba (population 5,356,509) . The nearest places are and Kolwezi.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	5700 people
5 km	4500 people
2 km	1500 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	874 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	3873 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Shaba	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kolwezi	Katanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	900000 people	56 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
Mutoshi		1512				0	38 km
Kolwezi	KWZ	1526	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5700	42 km
Mutshatsha		1160	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	83 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
N'Zilo	N'Zilo 1	Lualaba	1953	35 km
	N'Seke	Lualaba	1956	42 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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