Overall Green Forest fire alert in Sierra Leone from 27 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC to 14 Mar 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 1012615
Countries:	Sierra Leone
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Feb 2023 - 16 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	17
People affected:	68 in the burned area
Burned area:	10415 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	0	7820	09 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	0	8239	10 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	0	8830	11 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	0	8877	12 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	68	10415	15 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	68	10547	16 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	68	10951	17 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Sierra Leone , Province of Northern (population 2,348,345) . The nearest places are Makeni, and Kindia.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	42000 people
5 km	5400 people
2 km	2800 people
1 km	2300 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	950 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	7343 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern	Sierra Leone	2.3 million people
Kindia	Guinea	770000 people
Mamou	Guinea	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Makeni	Northern	Sierra Leone	City	86000 people	89 km
Kindia	Kindia	Guinea	City	120000 people	89 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
Kabala	KBA	308	Civ.	Paved	No	4000	70 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Banieya	Samou	1969	100 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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