Overall Green Forest fire in Nigeria from 14 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC to 26 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (10375 ha) in Nigeria 14 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 1027030
Countries:	Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*:	14 Jan 2026 - 26 Jan 2026
Duration (days):	12
People affected:	3670 in the burned area
Burned area:	10375 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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19 Jan 04:01 19 Jan 16:02 20 Jan 16:04 21 Jan 04:08 21 Jan 12:05 21 Jan 16:05 22 Jan 16:06 23 Jan 00:07 24 Jan 16:09 25 Jan 16:11 26 Jan 16:14 29 Jan 21:02

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	1879	5018	19 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	2063	5188	19 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
3	0.5	2185	5335	20 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
4	0.5	2290	6355	21 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	2428	6836	21 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
6	0.5	3203	9042	21 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
7	0.5	3286	9559	22 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
8	0.5	3489	9842	22 Jan 2026 23:00	GWIS
9	0.5	3489	9842	24 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
10	0.5	3489	9878	25 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
11	0.5	3670	10286	26 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
12	0.5	3670	10375	29 Jan 2026 19:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Nigeria , State of Niger (population 2,726,756) .

Radius	Population
10 km	55000 people
5 km	18000 people
2 km	9900 people
1 km	7700 people
Burned Area	3700 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Niger	Nigeria	2.7 million people
Kaduna	Nigeria	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
Shiroro		398				0	103 km
Minna New	MXJ	254	Civ.	Paved	No	11100	106 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Kontagora	Kontagora	n/a	75 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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