Overall Green Forest fire alert in Burkina Faso from 10 Nov 2021 00:00 UTC to 12 Nov 2021 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (9388 ha) in Burkina Faso 10 Nov 2021

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 1003128
Countries:	Burkina Faso
Start Date - Last detection*:	10 Nov 2021 - 17 Nov 2021
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	247 in the burned area
Burned area:	9388 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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12 Nov 18:46

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	247	9388	12 Nov 2021 17:38	GWIS
2	0.5	249	10557	13 Nov 2021 04:01	GWIS
3	0.5	249	11806	14 Nov 2021 04:01	GWIS
4	0.5	249	12323	15 Nov 2021 04:01	GWIS
5	0.5	249	15164	16 Nov 2021 04:01	GWIS
6	0.5	249	17722	17 Nov 2021 04:01	GWIS
7	0.5	249	18144	18 Nov 2021 04:01	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Burkina Faso , Province of Sanmatenga (population 469,296) . The nearest places are and Kaya.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	9500 people
5 km	7900 people
2 km	5800 people
1 km	5800 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sanmatenga	Burkina Faso	470000 people
Soum	Burkina Faso	240000 people
Namentenga	Burkina Faso	250000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kaya		Burkina Faso	City	39000 people	76 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
Aribinda	XAR	unknown				0	53 km
Kaya	XKY	unknown				0	76 km
Djibo	XDJ	unknown				0	83 km
Dori	DOR	280	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	103 km
Gorom-Gorom	XGG	285	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5000	107 km

Ports

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Dablo		1977	27 km
Boukouma		1980	52 km
Tamassogo		1978	58 km
Tougouri		1950	67 km
Lac Dem		1950	68 km
Gha		1966	71 km
Pensa		1950	72 km
Kaya Dimassa		1964	75 km
Koumbango		1979	77 km
Lac Sian		1950	79 km
Lac Bam		n/a	79 km
Djibo		1970	82 km
Dakiri	Gouaya	1960	88 km
Pibaore		1964	96 km
Manni		1952	96 km
Zegnedegen		1952	103 km
Korsimoro		1984	104 km
Yakouta		1985	105 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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