Overall Green Forest fire in Nigeria from 20 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC to 03 Feb 2026 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (10890 ha) in Nigeria 20 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 1027238
Countries:	Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*:	20 Jan 2026 - 03 Feb 2026
Duration (days):	14
People affected:	3901 in the burned area
Burned area:	10890 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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28 Jan 16:05 28 Jan 20:05 29 Jan 04:05 29 Jan 08:06 29 Jan 12:06 29 Jan 16:11 30 Jan 00:09 30 Jan 16:07 31 Jan 04:08 31 Jan 16:09 01 Feb 04:11 01 Feb 16:09 02 Feb 00:09 02 Feb 16:12 03 Feb 16:13 04 Feb 20:12

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	3551	5157	28 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
2	0.5	3556	5290	28 Jan 2026 19:00	GWIS
3	0.5	3556	5425	29 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	3568	5679	29 Jan 2026 07:00	GWIS
5	0.5	3568	5693	29 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
6	0.5	3568	5704	29 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
7	0.5	3568	5848	29 Jan 2026 23:00	GWIS
8	0.5	3568	5930	30 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
9	0.5	3851	7543	31 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
10	0.5	3858	7578	31 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
11	0.5	3880	9724	01 Feb 2026 03:00	GWIS
12	0.5	3890	10160	01 Feb 2026 15:00	GWIS
13	0.5	3899	10424	01 Feb 2026 23:00	GWIS
14	0.5	3901	10583	02 Feb 2026 15:00	GWIS
15	0.5	3901	10856	03 Feb 2026 15:00	GWIS
16	0.5	3901	10890	04 Feb 2026 19:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Nigeria , State of Adamawa (population 2,333,162) .

Radius	Population
10 km	15000 people
5 km	8400 people
2 km	6800 people
1 km	5400 people
Burned Area	3900 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Adamawa	Nigeria	2.3 million people
Taraba	Nigeria	1.6 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

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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