Forest Fire (7769 ha) in Sudan 06 Jan 2023

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 1011626
Countries: Sudan
Start Date - Last detection*: 06 Jan 2023 - 25 Jan 2023
Duration (days): 19
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 7769 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 103 7128 23 Jan 2023 04:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 7316 24 Jan 2023 04:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 7566 25 Jan 2023 04:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 7769 26 Jan 2023 04:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Sudan , Region of Al Istiwa'iyah (population 1,406,181) .

Radius Population
10 km 270000 people
5 km 8700 people
2 km 3100 people
1 km 2300 people
Burned Area no people

Land Cover area Source
Settlement 190 m2 GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Al Istiwa'iyah Sudan 1.4 million people
Haut-Zaire The Democratic Republic of Congo 5.8 million people

Affected populated places

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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
Faradje 820 Civ. Unpaved No 3600 102 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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