Overall Green Forest fire alert in Nigeria from 12 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 17 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 1012745
Countries:	Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 Mar 2023 - 18 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	6
People affected:	2423 in the burned area
Burned area:	6488 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	777	5162	16 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	2426	5948	17 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	2423	6488	18 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	2423	7263	19 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Nigeria , State of Borno (population 2,852,223) . The nearest places are N'Djamena, and Bama.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	2900 people
5 km	1300 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	2400 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	266 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Borno	Nigeria	2.9 million people
Extreme-Nord	Cameroon	2.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
N'Djamena	Chari-Baguirmi	Chad	Capital	600000 people	87 km
Bama		Nigeria	City	120000 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
Ndjamena	NDJ	295	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9100	86 km
Waza		302				0	93 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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