Overall Green Forest fire alert in Ethiopia from 25 Feb 2024 00:00 UTC to 06 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (26862 ha) in Ethiopia 25 Feb 2024

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 1019310
Countries:	Ethiopia
Start Date - Last detection*:	25 Feb 2024 - 09 Mar 2024
Duration (days):	13
People affected:	4023 in the burned area
Burned area:	26862 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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02 Mar 09:18 03 Mar 09:18 05 Mar 09:19 06 Mar 09:20 07 Mar 09:22

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	2352	10348	02 Mar 2024 09:01	GWIS
2	0.5	2352	10395	03 Mar 2024 09:00	GWIS
3	0.5	2719	14174	05 Mar 2024 09:00	GWIS
4	0.5	2809	18390	06 Mar 2024 09:00	GWIS
5	0.5	4023	26862	07 Mar 2024 09:00	GWIS
6	0.5	4023	28071	08 Mar 2024 09:01	GWIS
7	0.5	4026	28733	10 Mar 2024 09:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Ethiopia , Administrative Region of Gojam (population 4,363,467) .

Radius	Population
10 km	37000 people
5 km	16000 people
2 km	9700 people
1 km	8600 people
Burned Area	4000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Gojam	Ethiopia	4.4 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
Chagni	MKD	unknown				0	28 km
Pawi Beles	PWI	unknown				0	45 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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