Overall Green Forest fire alert in Tanzania from 01 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 20 Nov 2022 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 1009787
Countries:	Tanzania
Start Date - Last detection*:	01 Nov 2022 - 20 Nov 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	20704 in the burned area
Burned area:	56255 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	15867	47198	15 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	15862	48484	16 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	15858	49180	17 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	20713	53856	18 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	20704	54822	19 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	20704	56255	21 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Tanzania , Region of Lindi (population 791,960) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	96000 people
5 km	84000 people
2 km	74000 people
1 km	47000 people
Burned Area	21000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	228 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	255 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Lindi	Tanzania	790000 people
Pwani	Tanzania	640000 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
Mafia	MFA	18	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5200	91 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kilwa Kivinje	TZKIK	Tanzania	45 km
Kilwa Masoko	TZKIM	Tanzania	68 km
Kilondoni		Tanzania	102 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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