Overall Green Forest fire alert in Burkina Faso from 13 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 16 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 1012770
Countries:	Burkina Faso
Start Date - Last detection*:	13 Mar 2023 - 16 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	584 in the burned area
Burned area:	5807 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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17 Mar 06:01

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	584	5807	17 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Burkina Faso , Province of Yatenga (population 684,790) . The nearest places are and Ouahigouya.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	51000 people
5 km	19000 people
2 km	6600 people
1 km	6100 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	38 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Yatenga	Burkina Faso	680000 people
Soum	Burkina Faso	240000 people
Bam	Burkina Faso	210000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ouahigouya		Burkina Faso	City	61000 people	54 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
Djibo	XDJ	unknown				0	50 km
Ouahigouya	OUG	337	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3000	55 km

Ports

Dams

Dam Name	Year	Distance
Titao	1951	10 km
Seguenega	n/a	41 km
Djibo	1970	52 km
Gouinre	1967	54 km
Ouahigouya	1977	55 km
Koumbango	1979	61 km
Thiou	1981	73 km
Lac Bam	n/a	75 km
Dablo	1977	86 km
Gha	1966	101 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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