Overall Green Forest fire in Central African Republic from 10 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC to 25 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (10400 ha) in Central African Republic 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 1027036
Countries:	Central African Republic
Start Date - Last detection*:	10 Jan 2026 - 25 Jan 2026
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	10400 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	5250	19 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5591	19 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5884	19 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
4	0.5	5927	20 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	6106	21 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
6	0.5	6585	21 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
7	0.5	6726	22 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	6919	22 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
9	0.5	7773	22 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
10	0.5	8149	22 Jan 2026 19:00	GWIS
11	0.5	8235	22 Jan 2026 23:00	GWIS
12	0.5	9011	23 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
13	0.5	9504	23 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
14	0.5	9608	24 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
15	0.5	9975	24 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
16	0.5	10306	25 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
17	0.5	10400	25 Jan 2026 19:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

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Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Central African Republic , Prefecture of Haute-Kotto (population 68,930) .

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
Haute-Kotto	Central African Republic	69000 people
Ouaka	Central African Republic	240000 people
Bamingui-Bangoran	Central African Republic	34000 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
Koumala	KOL	unknown				0	103 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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