Overall Green Forest fire alert in Nigeria from 19 Dec 2022 00:00 UTC to 01 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 1011232
Countries:	Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*:	19 Dec 2022 - 01 Jan 2023
Duration (days):	13
People affected:	1242 in the burned area
Burned area:	16753 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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02 Jan 05:08

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	1242	16753	02 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Nigeria , State of Sokoto (population 4,824,822) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	120000 people
5 km	34000 people
2 km	24000 people
1 km	15000 people
Burned Area	1200 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	304 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sokoto	Nigeria	4.8 million people
Kebbi	Nigeria	2.3 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
	Bakolori	Sokoto	1978	87 km
	Gusau	Sokoto	n/a	105 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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