Overall Green Forest fire alert in Guinea from 17 Apr 2022 00:00 UTC to 01 May 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 1005951
Countries:	Guinea
Start Date - Last detection*:	17 Apr 2022 - 01 May 2022
Duration (days):	14
People affected:	1138 in the burned area
Burned area:	14435 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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04 May 04:50

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	1138	14435	04 May 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Guinea , Administrative Region of Telimele. The nearest places are and Kindia.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	59000 people
5 km	23000 people
2 km	10000 people
1 km	7500 people
Burned Area	1100 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	988 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Telimele	Guinea	-
Fria	Guinea	-
Coyah	Guinea	-
Kindia	Guinea	770000 people
Pita	Guinea	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kindia	Kindia	Guinea	City	120000 people	69 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
Katourou	FIG	152	Civ.	Paved	No	5200	32 km
Fria		114				0	46 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Dubreka		Guinea	94 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Garafiri	Konkoure	1999	60 km
Banieya	Samou	1969	67 km
Kale	Samou	1963	72 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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