Overall Green Forest fire alert in Nigeria from 17 Dec 2023 00:00 UTC to 26 Dec 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (11850 ha) in Nigeria 17 Dec 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 1018840
Countries:	Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*:	17 Dec 2023 - 29 Dec 2023
Duration (days):	12
People affected:	1031 in the burned area
Burned area:	11850 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	406	6377	24 Dec 2023 09:01	GWIS
2	0.5	733	9252	25 Dec 2023 09:00	GWIS
3	0.5	1031	11850	26 Dec 2023 09:01	GWIS
4	0.5	1034	12017	27 Dec 2023 09:00	GWIS
5	0.5	1265	12559	28 Dec 2023 09:01	GWIS
6	0.5	1279	12620	30 Dec 2023 09:01	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) .

Radius	Population
10 km	54000 people
5 km	25000 people
2 km	20000 people
1 km	12000 people
Burned Area	1300 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Niger	Nigeria	2.7 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	42 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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