Overall Green Forest fire alert in Brazil from 15 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 02 Sep 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 1008591
Countries:	Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	15 Aug 2022 - 02 Sep 2022
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	2 in the burned area
Burned area:	12181 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	1	5994	25 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	2	6396	28 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	3	9603	30 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	2	11795	31 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	2	11820	01 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	2	12181	03 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Brazil , State of Para (population 5,343,148) . The nearest places are and Tucumã.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	61000 people
5 km	53000 people
2 km	4200 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	12180 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Para	Brazil	5.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tucumã	Pará	Brazil	City	-	104 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
Sao Felix Do Xingu	SXX	200	Civ.	Paved	No	5200	17 km
Tucuma	TUZ	unknown				0	104 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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