Overall Green Forest fire alert in Mauritania from 29 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 31 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6618 ha) in Mauritania 29 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 1011726
Countries:	Mauritania
Start Date - Last detection*:	29 Jan 2023 - 31 Jan 2023
Duration (days):	2
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6618 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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31 Jan 06:00 01 Feb 06:00

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5172	31 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	6618	01 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Mauritania , Region of Gorgol (population 227,716) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	35000 people
5 km	6900 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Gorgol	Mauritania	230000 people
Guidimaka	Mauritania	140000 people
Saint-Louis	Senegal	800000 people
Tambacounda	Senegal	440000 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
Bakel	BXE	30	Civ.	Paved	No	5700	55 km
Selibabi	SEY	82	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	57 km
Matam	MAX	26	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5200	73 km
Mbout	MBR	unknown				0	83 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Foum Gleita	Gorgol Noir	1988	98 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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