Overall Green Forest fire alert in Brazil from 31 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 08 Sep 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 1009026
Countries:	Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	31 Aug 2022 - 08 Sep 2022
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	472 in the burned area
Burned area:	10052 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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06 Sep 05:04 07 Sep 05:05 08 Sep 05:06 09 Sep 05:06

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	472	6680	06 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	472	9255	07 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	472	10046	08 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	472	10052	09 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Brazil , State of Goias (population 4,229,336) . The nearest places are Simolândia, Alvorada do Norte, Buritinópolis, Sítio d'Abadia, Flores de Goiás, Guarani de Goiás, and Vila Boa.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	17000 people
5 km	16000 people
2 km	14000 people
1 km	8100 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1330 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Goias	Brazil	4.2 million people
Minas Gerais	Brazil	16.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Simolândia	Goiás	Brazil	City	-	8 km
Alvorada do Norte	Goiás	Brazil	City	-	8 km
Buritinópolis	Goiás	Brazil	City	-	13 km
Sítio d'Abadia	Goiás	Brazil	City	-	39 km
Flores de Goiás	Goiás	Brazil	City	-	59 km
Guarani de Goiás	Goiás	Brazil	City	-	66 km
Vila Boa	Goiás	Brazil	City	-	79 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Oricanga de Abreu	827	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	51 km
Iassiara	565	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	52 km
Pontezinha	996				0	83 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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