Overall Green Forest fire alert in Central African Republic from 18 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 03 Dec 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 1010263
Countries:	Central African Republic
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 Nov 2022 - 06 Dec 2022
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	13025 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	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5372	01 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	10225	02 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	11798	03 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	13025	04 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	13863	06 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	14230	07 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Central African Republic , Prefecture of Vakaga (population 37,626) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1400 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	13034 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Vakaga	Central African Republic	38000 people
Salamat	Chad	190000 people
Bamingui-Bangoran	Central African Republic	34000 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)	Distance
Gordil	GDI	435	44 km
Haraze		414	77 km
Gounda	GDA	unknown	83 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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