Overall Green Forest fire alert in Chad from 27 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 10 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (19484 ha) in Chad 27 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 1011714
Countries:	Chad
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Jan 2023 - 10 Feb 2023
Duration (days):	14
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	19484 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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30 Jan 06:00 31 Jan 06:00 01 Feb 06:01 02 Feb 06:01 05 Feb 07:05 06 Feb 07:12 06 Feb 19:05 07 Feb 07:11 08 Feb 07:17 09 Feb 07:22 10 Feb 07:17 11 Feb 07:21

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5569	30 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	7071	31 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7671	01 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	7752	02 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	15025	05 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	15306	06 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	15562	06 Feb 2023 16:10	GWIS
8	0.5	15676	07 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	16012	08 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
10	0.5	16405	09 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
11	0.5	18553	10 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
12	0.5	19484	11 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Chad , Prefecture of Guera (population 306,653) .

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	19451 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Guera	Chad	310000 people
Moyen-Chari	Chad	740000 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
Melfi	MEF	394				0	63 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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