Overall Green Forest fire alert in Central African Republic from 26 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 03 Feb 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 1011732
Countries:	Central African Republic
Start Date - Last detection*:	26 Jan 2023 - 03 Feb 2023
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	11090 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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31 Jan 06:01 01 Feb 06:01 02 Feb 06:01 03 Feb 06:03 04 Feb 07:05

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5995	31 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6323	01 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	8016	02 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	9935	03 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	11090	04 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Central African Republic , Prefecture of Bamingui-Bangoran (population 33,555) . The nearest places are and Ouadda.

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	11097 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bamingui-Bangoran	Central African Republic	34000 people
Haute-Kotto	Central African Republic	69000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ouadda	Haute-Kotto	Central African Republic	City	5400 people	79 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
Koumala	KOL	unknown				0	59 km
Ouadda	ODA	750				0	85 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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