Overall Green Forest fire alert in Guinea from 14 Apr 2022 00:00 UTC to 01 May 2022 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 1005875
Countries:	Guinea
Start Date - Last detection*:	14 Apr 2022 - 01 May 2022
Duration (days):	17
People affected:	2843 in the burned area
Burned area:	17914 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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28 Apr 04:50 29 Apr 04:52 03 May 04:52

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	1730	10646	28 Apr 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	1880	17185	29 Apr 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	2843	17914	03 May 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Guinea , Administrative Region of Gaoual.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	85000 people
5 km	63000 people
2 km	42000 people
1 km	3900 people
Burned Area	2800 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	114 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Gaoual	Guinea	-
Lelouma	Guinea	-
Telimele	Guinea	-
Pita	Guinea	-

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
Labe	LEK	1035	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	75 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Garafiri	Konkoure	1999	95 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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