Overall Green Forest fire alert in Nigeria, Chad from 03 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC to 20 Oct 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 1002679
Countries:	Nigeria, Chad
Start Date - Last detection*:	03 Oct 2021 - 20 Oct 2021
Duration (days):	17
People affected:	308 in the burned area
Burned area:	17695 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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11 Oct 03:48 12 Oct 03:47 13 Oct 03:47 14 Oct 03:49 15 Oct 03:48 16 Oct 03:51 18 Oct 16:57 20 Oct 03:48 21 Oct 03:51

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	308	5355	11 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	308	6011	12 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	308	10945	13 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	308	11903	14 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	308	14644	15 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	308	15902	16 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	308	16596	18 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	308	17478	20 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	308	17695	21 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Nigeria , State of Borno (population 2,852,223) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	5600 people
5 km	3700 people
2 km	2300 people
1 km	2300 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	3686 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	10415 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Borno	Nigeria	2.9 million people
Lac	Chad	250000 people
Diffa	Niger	230000 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
Bol	OTC	unknown				0	99 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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