Overall Green Forest fire alert in Senegal from 18 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 26 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 1012871
Countries:	Senegal
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 Mar 2023 - 26 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6900 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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24 Mar 06:04 25 Mar 06:07 26 Mar 06:06 27 Mar 06:08

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5450	24 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5784	25 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5977	26 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6900	27 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Senegal , Region of Kolda (population 714,528) . The nearest places are Bissau, and Ziguinchor.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	36000 people
5 km	4200 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	6137 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kolda	Senegal	710000 people
Oio	Guinea-Bissau	200000 people
Cacheu	Guinea-Bissau	180000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bissau	Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	Capital	380000 people	100 km
Ziguinchor		Senegal	City	160000 people	103 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
Kolda North	KDA	10	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	45 km
Bafata		43				0	97 km
Bissau Oswaldo Vieira	OXB	39	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10400	99 km
Ziguinchor	ZIG	25	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5000	103 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Bissau	GWOXB	Guinea-Bissau	100 km
Ziguinchor	SNZIG	Senegal	100 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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