Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 02 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC to 13 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC

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 1000798
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	02 Jul 2021 - 13 Jul 2021
Duration (days):	11
People affected:	7609 in the burned area
Burned area:	26370 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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13 Jul 15:00

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	7609	26370	13 Jul 2021 12:34	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in The Democratic Republic of Congo , Region of Kasai-Occidental (population 3,162,753) . The nearest places are Kazumba, Kamwandu, Kananga, Luiza, and Demba.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	100000 people
5 km	60000 people
2 km	35000 people
1 km	17000 people
Burned Area	7600 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	5092 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kasai-Occidental	The Democratic Republic of Congo	3.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kazumba	Kasai-Occidental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	13000 people	28 km
Kamwandu	Kasai-Occidental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	54 km
Kananga	Kasai-Occidental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	460000 people	62 km
Luiza	Kasai-Occidental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	-	85 km
Demba	Kasai-Occidental	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	22000 people	103 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
Tshikaji		697	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	55 km
Tshibala		697	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	63 km
Kananga	KGA	650	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	63 km
Luiza	LZA	881	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	83 km
Mwene-Ditu		975	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	107 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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