Overall Green Forest fire alert in Nigeria from 15 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 30 Jan 2023 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 1011618
Countries:	Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*:	15 Jan 2023 - 30 Jan 2023
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	8489 in the burned area
Burned area:	15943 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	1102	5918	23 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	1705	7221	24 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	1826	7331	25 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6778	10321	26 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	7939	11377	27 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	8354	13318	28 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	8489	13902	29 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	8489	15390	30 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	8489	15943	31 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Nigeria , State of Borno (population 2,852,223) . The nearest places are Maiduguri, and Bama.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	21000 people
5 km	12000 people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	8500 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	2196 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Borno	Nigeria	2.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Maiduguri		Nigeria	Major city	1.1 million people	34 km
Bama		Nigeria	City	120000 people	71 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
Maiduguri	MIU	336	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	40 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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