Overall Green Forest fire alert in Ghana from 06 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 1010117
Countries:	Ghana
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Nov 2022 - 23 Nov 2022
Duration (days):	17
People affected:	1332 in the burned area
Burned area:	6451 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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22 Nov 05:05 24 Nov 05:06

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	1332	5717	22 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
2		0.5	1332	6451	24 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Ghana , Region of Upper West (population 600,803) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	38000 people
5 km	35000 people
2 km	4300 people
1 km	1300 people
Burned Area	1300 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	38 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Upper West	Ghana	600000 people
Poni	Burkina Faso	300000 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
Wa		322	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4600	19 km
Amilcar Cabral de Gaoua	XGA	279	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4900	71 km
Leo	XLU	unknown				0	106 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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