Overall Green Forest fire alert in Sierra Leone from 23 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 27 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (15755 ha) in Sierra Leone 23 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 1013030
Countries:	Sierra Leone
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 Mar 2023 - 27 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	11032 in the burned area
Burned area:	15755 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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28 Mar 06:02

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	11032	15755	28 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Sierra Leone , Province of Northern (population 2,348,345) . The nearest places are and Makeni.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	44000 people
5 km	36000 people
2 km	34000 people
1 km	23000 people
Burned Area	11000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1102 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern	Sierra Leone	2.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Makeni	Northern	Sierra Leone	City	86000 people	108 km

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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
Kabala	KBA	308	Civ.	Paved	No	4000	39 km
Faranah	FAA	450	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	84 km
Yengema	WYE	396	Civ.	Paved	No	3000	92 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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