Overall Green Forest fire alert in Liberia, Guinea from 06 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 13 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (8900 ha) in Liberia, Guinea 06 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 1012707
Countries:	Liberia, Guinea
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Mar 2023 - 17 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	11
People affected:	1338 in the burned area
Burned area:	8900 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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14 Mar 06:03

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	1338	8900	14 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	4086	17599	15 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	4146	17773	16 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	4162	17966	17 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	6909	29630	18 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Liberia , County of Lofa (population 433,732) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	68000 people
5 km	38000 people
2 km	29000 people
1 km	11000 people
Burned Area	6900 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	304 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Lofa	Liberia	430000 people
Gueckedou	Guinea	-
Macenta	Guinea	-
Eastern	Sierra Leone	1.2 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

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Foya	FOY	unknown				0	20 km
Wologissi	WOI	unknown				0	33 km
Voinjama	VOI	unknown				0	34 km
Macenta	MCA	515	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	4500	68 km
Daru	DSL	unknown				0	91 km
Kissidougou	KSI	551	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	94 km
Belle Yella	BYL	unknown				0	105 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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