Overall Green Forest fire in Central African Republic from 29 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 15 Dec 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6810 ha) in Central African Republic 29 Nov 2022

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1010357
Countries:	Central African Republic
Start Date - Last detection*:	29 Nov 2022 - 15 Dec 2022
Duration (days):	16
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6810 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6040	07 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6299	08 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6449	11 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6810	16 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) . The nearest places are and Ndélé.

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	6815 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bamingui-Bangoran	Central African Republic	34000 people
Salamat	Chad	190000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ndélé	Bamingui-Bangoran	Central African Republic	City	12000 people	88 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)	Distance
Gounda	GDA	unknown	66 km
Haraze		414	87 km
Ndele	NDL	unknown	89 km
Koumala	KOL	unknown	106 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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