Forest Fire (10557 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: 249 in the burned area
Burned area: 10557 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
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.

Radius Population
10 km 9900 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 104 km
Gorom-Gorom XGG 285 Civ. Unpaved No 5000 108 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Dablo 1977 27 km
Boukouma 1980 52 km
Tamassogo 1978 57 km
Tougouri 1950 68 km
Lac Dem 1950 68 km
Gha 1966 70 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 106 km

Nuclear plants

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