Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 03 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 12 Aug 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 1008183
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	03 Aug 2022 - 12 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	1231 in the burned area
Burned area:	12416 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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12 Aug 06:20 13 Aug 06:05

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	998	9196	12 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2		0.5	1231	12416	13 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 Kasai-Oriental (population 3,322,019) . The nearest places are Kahinda, Kanunkina, Luputa, Mwene-Ditu, Kanda-Kanda, and Gandajika.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	140000 people
5 km	82000 people
2 km	34000 people
1 km	13000 people
Burned Area	1200 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	950 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kasai-Oriental	The Democratic Republic of Congo	3.3 million people
Shaba	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kahinda	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	30 km
Kanunkina	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	47 km
Luputa	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	54 km
Mwene-Ditu	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	190000 people	71 km
Kanda-Kanda	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	78 km
Gandajika	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	150000 people	106 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
Kaniama		875	Civ.	Paved	No	4100	51 km
Kaniama	KNM	845	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	62 km
Mwene-Ditu		975	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	91 km
Gandajika	GDJ	798	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	107 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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