Overall Green Forest fire alert in Cameroon, Nigeria from 27 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 13 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 1010267
Countries:	Cameroon, Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Nov 2022 - 15 Dec 2022
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7686 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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02 Dec 05:00 03 Dec 05:01 06 Dec 05:04 07 Dec 05:05 09 Dec 05:09 10 Dec 05:08 12 Dec 05:16 14 Dec 05:16

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5107	02 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5304	03 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5545	06 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	5933	07 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	6454	09 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	6999	10 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	7034	12 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	7686	14 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	8211	16 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Cameroon , Province of Nord-Ouest (population 1,735,117) . The nearest places are and Bamenda.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	76 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Nord-Ouest	Cameroon	1.7 million people
Taraba	Nigeria	1.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bamenda	Nord-Ouest	Cameroon	City	390000 people	96 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
Bamenda	BPC	1239	Civ.	Paved	No	8200	88 km
Bali	BLC	1353				0	107 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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