Overall Green Forest fire alert in Guinea from 14 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 21 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 1011620
Countries:	Guinea
Start Date - Last detection*:	14 Jan 2023 - 21 Jan 2023
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5240 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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23 Jan 06:03

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5240	23 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Guinea , Administrative Region of Kankan (population 812,318) . The nearest places are and Kankan.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	7400 people
5 km	3600 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kankan	Guinea	810000 people
Kissidougou	Guinea	-
Kerouane	Guinea	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kankan	Kankan	Guinea	City	110000 people	94 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
Gbenko		650	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5100	39 km
Kissidougou	KSI	551	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	83 km
Kankan		unknown				0	94 km
Kankan Diankana	KNN	376	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8800	103 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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