Overall Green Forest fire alert in Burkina Faso, Mali from 17 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 20 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 1010072
Countries:	Burkina Faso, Mali
Start Date - Last detection*:	17 Nov 2022 - 20 Nov 2022
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	4 in the burned area
Burned area:	6164 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	2	5554	20 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
2		0.5	4	6164	21 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Burkina Faso , Province of Oudalan (population 135,527) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	9400 people
5 km	4500 people
2 km	2100 people
1 km	1500 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	4577 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Oudalan	Burkina Faso	140000 people
Mopti	Mali	1.6 million people
Soum	Burkina Faso	240000 people
Gao	Mali	480000 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
Aribinda	XAR	unknown				0	75 km
Gorom-Gorom	XGG	285	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5000	87 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Boukouma		1980	82 km
	Kouna		1978	97 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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