Overall Green Forest fire alert in Mozambique from 04 Oct 2023 00:00 UTC to 14 Oct 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (16114 ha) in Mozambique 04 Oct 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 1017775
Countries:	Mozambique
Start Date - Last detection*:	04 Oct 2023 - 14 Oct 2023
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	458 in the burned area
Burned area:	16114 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	116	5228	10 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS
2	0.5	215	5930	11 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS
3	0.5	225	6204	12 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS
4	0.5	225	6500	13 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS
5	0.5	457	15834	14 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS
6	0.5	458	16114	15 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Mozambique , Province of Sofala (population 1,454,224) .

Radius	Population
10 km	39000 people
5 km	21000 people
2 km	1200 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sofala	Mozambique	1.5 million people

Affected populated places

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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
Inhaminga	IMG	unknown				0	19 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Bue Maria	Pungoe	n/a	72 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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