Overall Green Forest fire alert in Sierra Leone from 08 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 1012775
Countries:	Sierra Leone
Start Date - Last detection*:	08 Mar 2023 - 17 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	3796 in the burned area
Burned area:	5920 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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17 Mar 06:04 18 Mar 06:04

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	3756	5394	17 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2		0.5	3796	5920	18 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 Southern (population 959,824) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	25000 people
5 km	17000 people
2 km	9500 people
1 km	5000 people
Burned Area	3800 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1748 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Southern	Sierra Leone	960000 people

Affected populated places

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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
Bonthe	BTE	4	Civ.	Paved	No	3500	61 km
Gbangbatok	GBK	unknown				0	71 km
Bo	KBS	100	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4000	81 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Bonthe	SLBTE	Sierra Leone	61 km
Sulima		Sierra Leone	67 km
Sherbro Island		Sierra Leone	75 km
Robertsport		Liberia	90 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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