Overall Green Forest fire alert in Liberia from 18 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 21 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (18596 ha) in Liberia 18 Mar 2023

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 1012812
Countries:	Liberia
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 Mar 2023 - 21 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	4601 in the burned area
Burned area:	18596 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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20 Mar 06:00 21 Mar 06:01 22 Mar 06:01

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	304	5456	20 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	4497	17358	21 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	4601	18596	22 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Liberia , County of Lofa (population 433,732) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	140000 people
5 km	62000 people
2 km	40000 people
1 km	28000 people
Burned Area	4600 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	5206 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Lofa	Liberia	430000 people
Gueckedou	Guinea	-
Macenta	Guinea	-
Eastern	Sierra Leone	1.2 million 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
Foya	FOY	unknown				0	24 km
Wologissi	WOI	unknown				0	29 km
Voinjama	VOI	unknown				0	32 km
Macenta	MCA	515	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	4500	65 km
Daru	DSL	unknown				0	93 km
Kissidougou	KSI	551	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	96 km
Belle Yella	BYL	unknown				0	103 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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