Overall Green Forest fire alert in Guinea from 23 Apr 2023 00:00 UTC to 29 Apr 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (7272 ha) in Guinea 23 Apr 2023

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 1013864
Countries:	Guinea
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 Apr 2023 - 02 May 2023
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	1076 in the burned area
Burned area:	7272 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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30 Apr 06:05

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	1076	7272	30 Apr 2023 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	1076	8296	01 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	1228	12977	02 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	1228	13806	03 May 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Guinea , Administrative Region of Fria. The nearest places are and Kindia.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	24000 people
5 km	9900 people
2 km	6100 people
1 km	5500 people
Burned Area	1200 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	228 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	570 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Fria	Guinea	-
Boffa	Guinea	-
Telimele	Guinea	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kindia	Kindia	Guinea	City	120000 people	103 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
Fria		114				0	33 km
Katourou	FIG	152	Civ.	Paved	No	5200	38 km
Boke	BKJ	50	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5100	83 km
Kawass		11	Priv.	Unpaved	Yes	2900	102 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Boke	Guinea	86 km
Dubreka	Guinea	95 km
Victoria	Guinea	107 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Kale	Samou	1963	96 km
Banieya	Samou	1969	97 km
Garafiri	Konkoure	1999	103 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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