Overall Green Forest fire alert in Sierra Leone from 23 Apr 2023 00:00 UTC to 01 May 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (15645 ha) in Sierra Leone 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 1014054
Countries:	Sierra Leone
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 Apr 2023 - 01 May 2023
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	10970 in the burned area
Burned area:	15645 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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07 May 06:12

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	10970	15645	07 May 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Sierra Leone , Province of Eastern (population 1,243,577) . The nearest places are and Kenema.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	110000 people
5 km	73000 people
2 km	48000 people
1 km	33000 people
Burned Area	11000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	7030 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	260 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Eastern	Sierra Leone	1.2 million people
Gueckedou	Guinea	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kenema	Eastern	Sierra Leone	City	140000 people	53 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
Daru	DSL	unknown				0	32 km
Yengema	WYE	396	Civ.	Paved	No	3000	42 km
Kenema	KEN	148	Civ.	Paved	No	4500	51 km
Foya	FOY	unknown				0	77 km
Bo	KBS	100	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4000	101 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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