Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 05 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 22 Jun 2022 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 1006578
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	05 Jun 2022 - 24 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	12198 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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21 Jun 08:01 22 Jun 05:03 23 Jun 05:05

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7431	21 Jun 2022 06:27	GWIS
2	0.5	11837	22 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	12198	23 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	12878	24 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	13721	25 Jun 2022 03:00	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) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	59000 people
5 km	32000 people
2 km	23000 people
1 km	1400 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	12209 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Shaba	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.4 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
Lusinga		1780	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4400	50 km
Mitwaba		1597	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3300	82 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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