Overall Green Forest fire alert in South Africa on 23 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (10564 ha) in South Africa 23 Sep 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 1017448
Countries:	South Africa
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 Sep 2023 - 23 Sep 2023
Duration (days):	0
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	10564 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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24 Sep 08:15

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	10564	24 Sep 2023 08:10	GWIS
2		0.5	8	10564	12 Aug 2024 07:36	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in South Africa , Province of Northern Cape (population 720,974) . The nearest places are and Kuruman.

Radius	Population
10 km	20000 people
5 km	16000 people
2 km	8700 people
1 km	5100 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern Cape	South Africa	720000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kuruman	Northern Cape	South Africa	City	9100 people	88 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
Lime Acres Finsch Mine	LMR	1494	Priv.	Paved	No	4200	14 km
Postmasburg		1311	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3500	42 km
Tommys Field		1329	Priv.	Paved	No	4900	50 km
Smitsdrift		1143				0	72 km
Ulco		1097				0	72 km
Sishen	SIS	1173	Priv.	Paved	Yes	5700	83 km
Johan Pienaar	KMH	1329	Civ.	Paved	No	5500	88 km
Reivilo	RVO	1430	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	95 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Torquay	Orange	n/a	102 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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