Overall Green Forest fire alert in Morocco from 13 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC to 24 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1007260
Countries:	Morocco
Start Date - Last detection*:	13 Jul 2022 - 24 Jul 2022
Duration (days):	11
People affected:	484 in the burned area
Burned area:	14390 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	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	0	5952	15 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	0	12649	16 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	0	13825	17 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	0	14270	18 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	484	14390	26 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Morocco , Region of North-West (population 5,754,506) . The nearest places are Tétouan, Tanger, Ksar el Kebir, Tleta Rissana, Souk-Tnine-de-Sidi-el-Yamani, Souk Khemis du Sahel, Larache, Asilah, Souk el Had el Rharbia, Dar Ben Karricha el Behri, and Tarifa.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	58000 people
5 km	23000 people
2 km	16000 people
1 km	4100 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	12174 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
North-West	Morocco	5.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ksar el Kebir		Morocco	City	110000 people	20 km
Tleta Rissana		Morocco	City	-	29 km
Souk-Tnine-de-Sidi-el-Yamani		Morocco	City	-	39 km
Souk Khemis du Sahel		Morocco	City	-	41 km
Larache		Morocco	City	110000 people	44 km
Asilah		Morocco	City	29000 people	54 km
Souk el Had el Rharbia		Morocco	City	-	54 km
Dar Ben Karricha el Behri		Morocco	City	-	55 km
El Fendek		Morocco	City	-	56 km
Tétouan		Morocco	Major city	320000 people	63 km
Tanger		Morocco	Major city	3 million people	80 km
Ceuta	Ceuta	Spain	City	74000 people	98 km
Tarifa	Andalucía (Andalusia)	Spain	City	17000 people	105 km

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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
Ouezzane		173	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	33 km
Sania Ramel	TTU	10	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	67 km
Boukhalf	TNG	19	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11400	76 km
Sidi Slimane		55				0	99 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Larache	MALAR	Morocco	44 km
Asilah	MAASI	Morocco	54 km
Tangier	MATNG	Morocco	80 km
Cape Espartel		Morocco	83 km
Alcazar Zeguer		Morocco	88 km
Ceuta	ESCEU	Spain	98 km
Tarifa	ESTRF	Spain	105 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Oued el Makhazine	Loukkos	1979	20 km
Garde du Loukkos	Loukkos	1981	38 km
Al Thelat	Lao	1934	41 km
Nakhla	Nakhla	1961	49 km
Ajras	Ajras	1969	58 km
Ibn Batouta	Mharhar	1977	63 km
Al Wahda	Ouergha	1996	70 km
Sghir	Sghir	1991	73 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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