Overall Green Forest fire alert in Nigeria from 03 Jan 2024 00:00 UTC to 12 Jan 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5730 ha) in Nigeria 03 Jan 2024

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1019021
Countries:	Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*:	03 Jan 2024 - 17 Jan 2024
Duration (days):	14
People affected:	1496 in the burned area
Burned area:	5730 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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12 Jan 09:19

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	1496	5730	12 Jan 2024 09:00	GWIS
2	0.5	1496	5860	13 Jan 2024 09:00	GWIS
3	0.5	1763	6342	14 Jan 2024 09:01	GWIS
4	0.5	2825	9210	15 Jan 2024 09:00	GWIS
5	0.5	3329	10715	16 Jan 2024 09:01	GWIS
6	0.5	3329	10752	17 Jan 2024 09:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Nigeria , State of Kaduna (population 4,360,024) .

Radius	Population
10 km	34000 people
5 km	19000 people
2 km	13000 people
1 km	4800 people
Burned Area	3300 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kaduna	Nigeria	4.4 million people
Niger	Nigeria	2.7 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

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Shiroro		398				0	94 km
Minna New	MXJ	254	Civ.	Paved	No	11100	101 km
Shiroro		398				0	102 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Kontagora	Kontagora	n/a	86 km
	Shiroro	Kaduna	1984	97 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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