Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo on 14 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (9283 ha) in The Democratic Republic of Congo 14 Mar 2023

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 1012714
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	14 Mar 2023 - 14 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	0
People affected:	2878 in the burned area
Burned area:	9283 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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15 Mar 06:00

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	2878	9283	15 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in The Democratic Republic of Congo , Region of Haut-Zaire (population 5,815,627) . The nearest places are and Kisangani.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	21000 people
5 km	16000 people
2 km	9000 people
1 km	7200 people
Burned Area	2900 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1102 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Haut-Zaire	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kisangani	Orientale	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Major city	530000 people	65 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
Kisangani Ville		393	Mil.	Paved	No	7200	66 km
Kisangani Bangoka International	FKI	432	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11400	68 km
Yangambi	YAN	unknown				0	100 km

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Nuclear plants

More information

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