Overall Green Forest fire alert in Burkina Faso from 22 Nov 2021 00:00 UTC to 25 Nov 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 1003527
Countries:	Burkina Faso
Start Date - Last detection*:	22 Nov 2021 - 25 Nov 2021
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7332 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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26 Nov 04:47

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	7332	26 Nov 2021 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Burkina Faso , Province of Gourma (population 375,508) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	2200 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Gourma	Burkina Faso	380000 people
Boulgou	Burkina Faso	510000 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
Fada Ngourma	FNG	unknown				0	36 km
Pama Pangia	XPA	unknown				0	67 km
Tenkodogo	TEG	310	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	77 km
Porga		162	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4100	105 km

Ports

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Fada 1		1951	36 km
Kompienga	Ouale	1984	82 km
Itengue		1987	95 km
Bilanga-Yanga		1966	95 km
Bagre	White Volta	1992	102 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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