Overall Green Forest fire alert in Burkina Faso from 29 Nov 2021 00:00 UTC to 30 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 1003581
Countries:	Burkina Faso
Start Date - Last detection*:	29 Nov 2021 - 30 Nov 2021
Duration (days):	1
People affected:	5836 in the burned area
Burned area:	7540 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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01 Dec 04:45

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	5836	7540	01 Dec 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) . The nearest places are and Diapaga.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	13000 people
5 km	13000 people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	5800 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	7540 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Gourma	Burkina Faso	380000 people
Atakora	Benin	750000 people
Tapoa	Burkina Faso	200000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Diapaga		Burkina Faso	City	26000 people	104 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
Arly		232	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4200	43 km
Porga		162	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4100	43 km
Pama Pangia	XPA	unknown				0	52 km
Diapaga	DIP	unknown				0	101 km

Ports

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Kompienga	Ouale	1984	60 km
White Volta	White Volta	n/a	101 km
Tapoa		1950	106 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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