Overall Green Forest fire alert in Senegal from 02 Dec 2022 00:00 UTC to 13 Dec 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (32697 ha) in Senegal 02 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 1010322
Countries:	Senegal
Start Date - Last detection*:	02 Dec 2022 - 13 Dec 2022
Duration (days):	11
People affected:	49 in the burned area
Burned area:	32697 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	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	49	5990	06 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	49	10419	07 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	49	15315	08 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	49	16061	09 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	49	18350	10 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	49	19795	11 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	49	28557	12 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	49	31677	13 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	49	32697	14 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Senegal , Region of Tambacounda (population 435,719) .

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	32158 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Tambacounda	Senegal	440000 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
Niokolo Koba	NIK	unknown				0	16 km
Simenti	SMY	52	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5900	62 km
Kedougou	KGG	178	Civ.	Paved	No	5900	91 km
Sambailo	SBI	90	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	4900	96 km
Tambacounda	TUD	49	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	114 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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