Forest Fire (5537 ha) in South Africa 19 Oct 2021

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1002747
Countries: South Africa
Start Date - Last detection*: 19 Oct 2021 - 20 Oct 2021
Duration (days): 1
People affected: 5 in the burned area
Burned area: 5537 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 2 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),