Overall Green Forest fire alert in Nigeria from 07 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 23 Nov 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 1009729
Countries:	Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*:	07 Nov 2022 - 23 Nov 2022
Duration (days):	16
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	10452 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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15 Nov 06:04 19 Nov 05:04 20 Nov 05:07 22 Nov 05:04 23 Nov 05:06 24 Nov 05:05

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5558	15 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5817	19 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6354	20 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	8362	22 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	10321	23 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	10452	24 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Nigeria , State of Borno (population 2,852,223) . The nearest places are and Maiduguri.

CCI Land Cover

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Borno	Nigeria	2.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Maiduguri		Nigeria	Major city	1.1 million people	71 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
Maiduguri	MIU	336	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	70 km
Diffa		303	Civ.	Paved	No	5900	107 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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