Forest Fire (13808 ha) in Angola 05 Jun 2022

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 1006579
Countries: Angola
Start Date - Last detection*: 05 Jun 2022 - 24 Jun 2022
Duration (days): 19
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 13808 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 7772 21 Jun 2022 06:27 GWIS
2 0.5 0 8335 22 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 8915 23 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 10111 24 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
5 0.5 0 13808 25 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Angola , Province of Huambo (population 1,703,932) . The nearest places are Andulo, Chinguar, and Kuito.

Radius Population
10 km 95000 people
5 km 92000 people
2 km 1600 people
1 km <1000 people
Burned Area no people

Land Cover area Source
Settlement 228 m2 GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Huambo Angola 1.7 million people
Bie Angola 1.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Andulo Bié Angola City - 50 km
Chinguar Bié Angola City - 91 km
Kuito Bié Angola City 110000 people 99 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
Andulo ANL unknown 0 52 km
Kuito SVP 1712 Civ. Paved No 8200 102 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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