Overall Green Forest fire alert in Tanzania, Kenya from 06 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC to 15 Jul 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 1007247
Countries:	Tanzania, Kenya
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Jul 2022 - 18 Jul 2022
Duration (days):	12
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	11553 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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14 Jul 05:53 15 Jul 05:41 16 Jul 05:51

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	10642	14 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	11303	15 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	11553	16 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	12010	17 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	12320	18 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	12763	19 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	13327	20 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Tanzania , Region of Mara (population 1,189,308) . The nearest places are Kisii, and Musoma.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	75000 people
5 km	35000 people
2 km	5100 people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	11551 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mara	Tanzania	1.2 million people
Rift Valley	Kenya	5.8 million people
Nyanza	Kenya	4.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kisii	Nyanza	Kenya	City	28000 people	94 km
Musoma	Mara	Tanzania	City	120000 people	107 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
Mara Serena		1585				0	30 km
Musiara		1585				0	41 km
Keekorok		1768	Civ.	Paved	No	4200	54 km
Mara Lodges	MRE	unknown				0	59 km
Seronera	SEU	1548	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5100	99 km
Loliondo		2073				0	106 km
Musoma	MUZ	1160	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	5200	108 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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