Forest Fire (21180 ha) in Central African Republic 05 Dec 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 1010319
Countries: Central African Republic
Start Date - Last detection*: 05 Dec 2022 - 10 Dec 2022
Duration (days): 5
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 21180 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 6278 06 Dec 2022 04:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 9548 07 Dec 2022 04:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 12458 08 Dec 2022 04:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 16336 09 Dec 2022 04:00 GWIS
5 0.5 0 19536 10 Dec 2022 04:00 GWIS
6 0.5 0 21180 11 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 Bamingui-Bangoran (population 33,555) .

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

Land Cover area Source
Protected Area 21199 ha WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Bamingui-Bangoran Central African Republic 34000 people
Vakaga Central African Republic 38000 people
Salamat Chad 190000 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
Gounda GDA unknown 0 10 km
Haraze 414 0 64 km
Gordil GDI 435 0 65 km
Koumala KOL unknown 0 102 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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