Overall Green Forest fire alert in The Democratic Republic of Congo from 24 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 27 Mar 2023 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 1013027
Countries:	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Start Date - Last detection*:	24 Mar 2023 - 27 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	29879 in the burned area
Burned area:	93065 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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28 Mar 06:01

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	29879	93065	28 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in The Democratic Republic of Congo , Region of Equateur (population 4,708,718) . The nearest places are Bumba, and Lisala.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	360000 people
5 km	340000 people
2 km	99000 people
1 km	51000 people
Burned Area	30000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	14440 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Equateur	The Democratic Republic of Congo	4.7 million people
Haut-Zaire	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bumba	Équateur	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	95000 people	26 km
Lisala	Équateur	Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	70000 people	117 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
Bumba	BMB	361	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5200	12 km
Yalingimba		435	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3400	38 km
Engengele		390	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4100	39 km
Mokaria-Yamoleka		420	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	90 km
Bolila		390	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	90 km
Bosondjo		400	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	103 km
Mombongo		450	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	109 km
Lisala	LIQ	463	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5300	118 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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