Overall Green Forest fire alert in Nigeria, Chad from 06 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC to 16 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 1002697
Countries:	Nigeria, Chad
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Oct 2021 - 16 Oct 2021
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9403 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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14 Oct 03:47 15 Oct 03:48 16 Oct 03:50 18 Oct 16:56

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5318	14 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6835	15 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7660	16 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	9403	18 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	2700 people
5 km	2200 people
2 km	1800 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	342 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	9028 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

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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