Forest Fire (10463 ha) in Guinea 21 Apr 2022

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 1005949
Countries: Guinea
Start Date - Last detection*: 21 Apr 2022 - 01 May 2022
Duration (days): 10
People affected: 80 in the burned area
Burned area: 10463 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 80 10463 04 May 2022 03:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Guinea , Administrative Region of Telimele.

Radius Population
10 km 25000 people
5 km 10000 people
2 km 3500 people
1 km 3400 people
Burned Area <1000 people

Land Cover area Source
Protected Area 210 ha WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Telimele Guinea -
Gaoual Guinea -
Boke Guinea 860000 people

Affected populated places

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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
Boke BKJ 50 Civ. Unpaved No 5100 96 km
Katourou FIG 152 Civ. Paved No 5200 102 km
Fria 114 0 103 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Boke Guinea 103 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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