Overall Green Forest fire alert in Guinea from 12 May 2022 00:00 UTC to 24 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 1006127
Countries:	Guinea
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 May 2022 - 24 May 2022
Duration (days):	12
People affected:	3542 in the burned area
Burned area:	12863 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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17 May 03:46 20 May 03:51 22 May 03:53 23 May 04:52 24 May 04:53 25 May 04:50

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	379	5144	17 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	379	5534	20 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	379	6189	22 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	2438	12407	23 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	3542	12840	24 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	3542	12863	25 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 Boke (population 855,004) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	41000 people
5 km	12000 people
2 km	6000 people
1 km	3300 people
Burned Area	3500 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	380 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Boke	Guinea	860000 people
Boffa	Guinea	-
Telimele	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
Kawass		11	Priv.	Unpaved	Yes	2900	29 km
Boke	BKJ	50	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5100	36 km
Fria		114				0	82 km
Katourou	FIG	152	Civ.	Paved	No	5200	99 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Boke		Guinea	33 km
Victoria		Guinea	38 km
Port Kamsar	GNKMR	Guinea	38 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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