Overall Green Forest fire alert in Madagascar from 18 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 26 May 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 1014446
Countries:	Madagascar
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 May 2023 - 26 May 2023
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	3 in the burned area
Burned area:	6611 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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25 May 07:08 27 May 12:06

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	2	5839	25 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
2		0.5	3	6611	27 May 2023 08:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Madagascar , Province of Mahajanga (population 1,428,601) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	3700 people
5 km	1800 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mahajanga	Madagascar	1.4 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
Ambatomainty	AMY	unknown				0	50 km
Morafenobe	TVA	unknown				0	102 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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