Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 05 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC to 10 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 1009054
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	05 Sep 2022 - 10 Sep 2022
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	54 in the burned area
Burned area:	22975 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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07 Sep 05:00 28 Sep 04:03

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	7058	07 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
2		0.5	54	22975	28 Sep 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 Kivu (population 7,173,131) . The nearest places are and Pangi.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	150000 people
5 km	140000 people
2 km	120000 people
1 km	43000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	266 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kivu	The Democratic Republic of Congo	7.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pangi		Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	87 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
Shabunda		560	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	10 km
Kalima	KLY	551	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	59 km
Kamisuku		541	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4100	72 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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