Overall Green Forest fire alert in Ghana from 31 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 02 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6179 ha) in Ghana 31 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 1011759
Countries:	Ghana
Start Date - Last detection*:	31 Jan 2023 - 02 Feb 2023
Duration (days):	2
People affected:	814 in the burned area
Burned area:	6179 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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02 Feb 06:00 03 Feb 06:00

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	509	5061	02 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
2		0.5	814	6179	03 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Ghana , Region of Brong-Ahafo (population 1,613,508) . The nearest places are and Wenchi.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	150000 people
5 km	19000 people
2 km	1200 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	5593 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Brong-Ahafo	Ghana	1.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Wenchi	Brong-Ahafo	Ghana	City	31000 people	48 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
Sunyani	NYI	309	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4600	16 km
Bondoukou	BDK	unknown				0	76 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Koua	Koua	1979	85 km
	Barekese	Ofin	n/a	104 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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