Forest Fire (11518 ha) in Botswana 20 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 1006638
Countries: Botswana
Start Date - Last detection*: 20 Jun 2022 - 24 Jun 2022
Duration (days): 4
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 11518 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 6993 22 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 9350 23 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 10100 24 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 11518 25 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Botswana , District of Ghanzi (population 26,956) .

Radius Population
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people
1 km no people
Burned Area no people

Land Cover area Source
Protected Area 95 ha WDPA


Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Ghanzi Botswana 27000 people
Kweneng Botswana 200000 people

Affected populated places

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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