Overall Green Forest fire alert in Ethiopia from 19 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 07 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 1011954
Countries:	Ethiopia
Start Date - Last detection*:	19 Jan 2023 - 07 Feb 2023
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5364 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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08 Feb 07:26

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5364	08 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Ethiopia , Administrative Region of Welega (population 3,303,636) . The nearest places are Dembi Dolo, and Gore.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	28000 people
5 km	6400 people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	134 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Welega	Ethiopia	3.3 million people
Ilubabor	Ethiopia	1.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Dembi Dolo	Welega	Ethiopia	City	24000 people	14 km
Gore	Ilubabor	Ethiopia	City	9200 people	92 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
Dembidollo	DEM	unknown				0	20 km
Gambella	GMB	499	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200	37 km
Gore	GOR	2006	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	93 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Alwero	Alwero	1995	66 km

Nuclear plants

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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