Overall Green Forest fire in Sudan from 10 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC to 25 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (23221 ha) in Sudan 10 Jan 2026

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1026929
Countries:	Sudan
Start Date - Last detection*:	10 Jan 2026 - 25 Jan 2026
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	23221 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7703	14 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
2	0.5	8211	15 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
3	0.5	10224	15 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
4	0.5	10252	16 Jan 2026 07:00	GWIS
5	0.5	10294	16 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
6	0.5	11500	16 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
7	0.5	11725	16 Jan 2026 19:00	GWIS
8	0.5	11754	17 Jan 2026 07:00	GWIS
9	0.5	11964	17 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
10	0.5	14951	17 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
11	0.5	14993	17 Jan 2026 23:00	GWIS
12	0.5	15158	18 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
13	0.5	17018	18 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
14	0.5	17115	18 Jan 2026 19:00	GWIS
15	0.5	17133	19 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
16	0.5	17342	19 Jan 2026 07:00	GWIS
17	0.5	17601	19 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
18	0.5	19973	19 Jan 2026 19:00	GWIS
19	0.5	19983	20 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
20	0.5	20042	20 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
21	0.5	21617	20 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
22	0.5	21648	21 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
23	0.5	21790	22 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
24	0.5	22068	23 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
25	0.5	22580	23 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
26	0.5	22803	24 Jan 2026 07:00	GWIS
27	0.5	22965	24 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
28	0.5	23182	24 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
29	0.5	23196	25 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
30	0.5	23221	25 Jan 2026 19:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Sudan , Region of Al Istiwa'iyah (population 1,406,181) .

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Al Istiwa'iyah	Sudan	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.

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More information

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