Overall Green Forest fire alert in Nigeria from 01 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 16 Jan 2023 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 1011344
Countries:	Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*:	01 Jan 2023 - 16 Jan 2023
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	954 in the burned area
Burned area:	10200 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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17 Jan 22:16 18 Jan 00:16

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	954	10167	17 Jan 2023 18:34	GWIS
2		0.5	954	10200	17 Jan 2023 21:13	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Nigeria , State of Niger (population 2,726,756) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	54000 people
5 km	44000 people
2 km	6900 people
1 km	5600 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1026 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Niger	Nigeria	2.7 million people
Kebbi	Nigeria	2.3 million people
Sokoto	Nigeria	4.8 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

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Kontagora	Kontagora	n/a	78 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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