Overall Green Forest fire alert in Nigeria from 07 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 10 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (9461 ha) in Nigeria 07 Mar 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 1012645
Countries:	Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*:	07 Mar 2023 - 15 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9461 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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11 Mar 06:02

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	9461	11 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	10187	14 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	10429	15 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	10558	16 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Nigeria , State of Taraba (population 1,626,354) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	18000 people
5 km	18000 people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	1890 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Taraba	Nigeria	1.6 million people
Nord-Ouest	Cameroon	1.7 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

Nuclear plants

More information

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