Overall Green Forest fire alert in Ghana from 05 Dec 2022 00:00 UTC to 11 Dec 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (27489 ha) in Ghana 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 1010343
Countries:	Ghana
Start Date - Last detection*:	05 Dec 2022 - 14 Dec 2022
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	27489 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	5846	07 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6256	08 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7085	09 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	27489	12 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	44385	13 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	47576	14 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	51553	15 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Ghana , Region of Northern (population 1,590,580) . The nearest places are and Damongo.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	2400 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	7765 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern	Ghana	1.6 million people
Upper West	Ghana	600000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Damongo	Northern	Ghana	City	-	69 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
Wa		322	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4600	75 km
Tamale Old		183				0	123 km
Tamale	TML	169	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7900	123 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Bontanga		n/a	104 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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