Overall Green Forest fire alert in Madagascar from 19 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 27 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (18477 ha) in Madagascar 19 Nov 2022

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 1010193
Countries:	Madagascar
Start Date - Last detection*:	19 Nov 2022 - 29 Nov 2022
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	17 in the burned area
Burned area:	18477 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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27 Nov 05:01 28 Nov 05:01

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	18	15836	27 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	17	18477	28 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	25	23860	29 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	41	39923	30 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Madagascar , Province of Mahajanga (population 1,428,601) . The nearest places are and Mandritsara.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	16000 people
5 km	9800 people
2 km	6400 people
1 km	5300 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mahajanga	Madagascar	1.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mandritsara	Mahajanga	Madagascar	City	-	84 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
Befandriana	WBD	250	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4100	21 km
Anahidrano		60				0	51 km
Antsohihy Ambalabe	WAI	28	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	53 km
Port Berge	WPB	65	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4200	75 km
Mandritsara	WMA	307	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3700	84 km
Analalava	HVA	105	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	92 km
Bealanana	WBE	1120				0	92 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Analalava		Madagascar	93 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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