Overall Green Forest fire in Central African Republic from 31 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC to 09 Feb 2026 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (15405 ha) in Central African Republic 31 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 1027326
Countries:	Central African Republic
Start Date - Last detection*:	31 Jan 2026 - 09 Feb 2026
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	15405 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5085	04 Feb 2026 11:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5933	04 Feb 2026 15:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5954	04 Feb 2026 19:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6006	04 Feb 2026 23:00	GWIS
5	0.5	6859	05 Feb 2026 11:00	GWIS
6	0.5	7155	05 Feb 2026 15:00	GWIS
7	0.5	7262	05 Feb 2026 19:00	GWIS
8	0.5	7292	05 Feb 2026 23:00	GWIS
9	0.5	8647	06 Feb 2026 11:00	GWIS
10	0.5	9553	06 Feb 2026 15:00	GWIS
11	0.5	9740	07 Feb 2026 03:00	GWIS
12	0.5	9856	07 Feb 2026 11:00	GWIS
13	0.5	11201	07 Feb 2026 15:00	GWIS
14	0.5	11283	08 Feb 2026 03:00	GWIS
15	0.5	11692	08 Feb 2026 11:00	GWIS
16	0.5	11918	08 Feb 2026 19:00	GWIS
17	0.5	12570	09 Feb 2026 03:00	GWIS
18	0.5	13086	09 Feb 2026 11:00	GWIS
19	0.5	14464	09 Feb 2026 15:00	GWIS
20	0.5	15405	15 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	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 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.

Airports

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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