Overall Green Forest fire alert in Central African Republic from 01 Dec 2022 00:00 UTC to 17 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 1010325
Countries:	Central African Republic
Start Date - Last detection*:	01 Dec 2022 - 20 Dec 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	22220 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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06 Dec 05:01 07 Dec 05:02 08 Dec 05:03 09 Dec 05:05 10 Dec 05:05 12 Dec 05:10 13 Dec 05:11 14 Dec 05:11 15 Dec 05:14 16 Dec 05:14 17 Dec 05:15 18 Dec 05:18

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5317	06 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5424	07 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5903	08 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	8316	09 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	8696	10 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	9525	12 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	12800	13 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	19741	14 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	20236	15 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
10	0.5	20884	16 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
11	0.5	21498	17 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
12	0.5	22220	18 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
13	0.5	22815	19 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
14	0.5	23572	20 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
15	0.5	24184	21 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 Haut-Mbomou (population 31,763) .

CCI Land Cover

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	22224 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Haut-Mbomou	Central African Republic	32000 people
Bahr al Ghazal	Sudan	1.4 million people

Affected populated places

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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