Overall Green Forest fire in Central African Republic from 22 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC to 03 Feb 2026 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (16579 ha) in Central African Republic 22 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 1027217
Countries:	Central African Republic
Start Date - Last detection*:	22 Jan 2026 - 03 Feb 2026
Duration (days):	12
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	16579 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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28 Jan 12:03 28 Jan 16:03 29 Jan 04:04 29 Jan 08:04 29 Jan 12:04 29 Jan 20:43 30 Jan 00:05 30 Jan 08:04 30 Jan 12:05 31 Jan 04:06 31 Jan 12:05 31 Jan 16:06 01 Feb 12:07 02 Feb 16:08 03 Feb 12:09 06 Feb 20:10

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6221	28 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6615	28 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
3	0.5	9251	29 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	10393	29 Jan 2026 07:00	GWIS
5	0.5	10395	29 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
6	0.5	11451	29 Jan 2026 19:00	GWIS
7	0.5	11587	29 Jan 2026 23:00	GWIS
8	0.5	11923	30 Jan 2026 07:00	GWIS
9	0.5	12171	30 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
10	0.5	15676	31 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
11	0.5	15779	31 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
12	0.5	16230	31 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
13	0.5	16264	01 Feb 2026 11:00	GWIS
14	0.5	16318	02 Feb 2026 15:00	GWIS
15	0.5	16563	03 Feb 2026 11:00	GWIS
16	0.5	16579	06 Feb 2026 19:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Central African Republic , Prefecture of Haut-Mbomou (population 31,763) .

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Haut-Mbomou	Central African Republic	32000 people
Mbomou	Central African Republic	140000 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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Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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