Overall Green Forest fire alert in Cameroon from 21 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 06 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 1011867
Countries:	Cameroon
Start Date - Last detection*:	21 Jan 2023 - 06 Feb 2023
Duration (days):	16
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5633 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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06 Feb 07:21 06 Feb 19:09

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5171	06 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	5633	06 Feb 2023 16:10	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Cameroon , Province of Centre (population 1,942,888) . The nearest places are and Foumban.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	12000 people
5 km	12000 people
2 km	2100 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Centre	Cameroon	1.9 million people
Ouest	Cameroon	2.2 million people
Adamoua	Cameroon	600000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Foumban	Ouest	Cameroon	City	91000 people	61 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
Foumban Nkounja	FOM	1208	Civ.	Paved	No	6800	79 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Mape	Mape	1988	36 km
	Bamendjin	Noun	1974	106 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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