Overall Green Forest fire alert in Chad from 27 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 14 Dec 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (7721 ha) in Chad 27 Nov 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 1010365
Countries:	Chad
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Nov 2022 - 14 Dec 2022
Duration (days):	17
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7721 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5260	07 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6068	08 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6271	09 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6520	10 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	6891	11 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	7587	14 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	7721	15 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Chad , Prefecture of Moyen-Chari (population 744,741) .

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	7723 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Moyen-Chari	Chad	740000 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

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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