Overall Green Forest fire alert in Burkina Faso, Ghana from 15 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 1010158
Countries:	Burkina Faso, Ghana
Start Date - Last detection*:	15 Nov 2022 - 23 Nov 2022
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	16810 in the burned area
Burned area:	5279 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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24 Nov 05:02

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	16810	5279	24 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 Sissili (population 312,570) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	43000 people
5 km	31000 people
2 km	28000 people
1 km	21000 people
Burned Area	17000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	228 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sissili	Burkina Faso	310000 people
Nahouri	Burkina Faso	130000 people
Upper West	Ghana	600000 people
Upper East	Ghana	1.1 million 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
Po	PUP	unknown				0	42 km
Navrongo		207	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4500	51 km
Zabre	XZA	unknown				0	58 km
Leo	XLU	unknown				0	62 km

Ports

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Tono	Tono	1977	48 km
Tiebele		1984	62 km
Bazega		1961	74 km
Vea		n/a	78 km
Manga		1961	83 km

Nuclear plants

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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