Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 06 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 25 Jun 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 1006780
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Jun 2022 - 25 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	4350 in the burned area
Burned area:	13688 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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26 Jun 05:08

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	4350	13688	26 Jun 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-Occidental (population 3,162,753) . The nearest places are Luiza, Kanunkina, and Kahinda.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	170000 people
5 km	110000 people
2 km	65000 people
1 km	37000 people
Burned Area	4400 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	12730 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kasai-Occidental	The Democratic Republic of Congo	3.2 million people
Shaba	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Luiza	Kasai-Occidental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	61 km
Kanunkina	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	77 km
Kahinda	Kasai-Oriental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	93 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
Luiza	LZA	881	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	65 km
Kapanga	KAP	922	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	67 km
Mwene-Ditu		975	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	104 km
Tshibala		697	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	107 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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