Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 21 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC to 30 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 1007746
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	21 Jul 2022 - 03 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	13
People affected:	4407 in the burned area
Burned area:	13807 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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01 Aug 06:14

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	4407	13807	01 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	4407	13867	01 Aug 2022 11:38	GWIS
3	0.5	4407	13961	03 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	4679	14075	04 Aug 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 Bandundu (population 5,092,178) . The nearest places are Idiofa, and Kikwit.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	88000 people
5 km	41000 people
2 km	26000 people
1 km	25000 people
Burned Area	4700 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	15466 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bandundu	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Idiofa		Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	19000 people	18 km
Kikwit		Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	190000 people	105 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
Idiofa	IDF	701	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	28 km
Mangai II		430	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	98 km
Basongo	BAN	500	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	102 km
Kikwit	KKW	479	Civ.	Paved	No	5100	108 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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