Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 22 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 07 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6554 ha) in The Democratic Republic of Congo 22 May 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 1014603
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	22 May 2023 - 07 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	16
People affected:	96 in the burned area
Burned area:	6554 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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03 Jun 12:09 07 Jun 12:15 08 Jun 12:13

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	96	5987	03 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
2	0.5	96	6448	07 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	96	6554	08 Jun 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 Kasai-Oriental (population 3,322,019) . The nearest places are Tshofa, Seke, Sentery, and Lubefu.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	47000 people
5 km	41000 people
2 km	6100 people
1 km	5700 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	798 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kasai-Oriental	The Democratic Republic of Congo	3.3 million people
Kivu	The Democratic Republic of Congo	7.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tshofa	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	15000 people	16 km
Seke	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	69 km
Sentery	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	74 km
Lubefu	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	16000 people	91 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
Lubao		800	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	69 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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