Overall Green Forest fire alert in Ethiopia from 18 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 29 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 1012849
Countries:	Ethiopia
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 Mar 2023 - 29 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	11
People affected:	21 in the burned area
Burned area:	12153 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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23 Mar 06:03 24 Mar 06:04 25 Mar 06:05 26 Mar 06:06 29 Mar 06:16 30 Mar 06:11

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	12	7192	23 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	21	10094	24 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	22	11659	25 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	22	11834	26 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	21	11944	29 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	21	12153	30 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Ethiopia , Administrative Region of Ilubabor (population 1,300,512) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	26000 people
5 km	14000 people
2 km	7800 people
1 km	5700 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	12142 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Ilubabor	Ethiopia	1.3 million people
A'ali an Nil	Sudan	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
Zhoushan		unknown				0	64 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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