Overall Green Forest fire alert in Central African Republic, Chad from 01 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 15 Nov 2022 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 1009996
Countries:	Central African Republic, Chad
Start Date - Last detection*:	01 Nov 2022 - 19 Nov 2022
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	4160 in the burned area
Burned area:	8788 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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16 Nov 06:09

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	4160	8788	16 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	4160	8997	17 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	4160	9935	18 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	4160	10252	19 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	4160	10547	20 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Central African Republic , Prefecture of Ouham-Pende (population 336,984) . The nearest places are and Moundou.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	27000 people
5 km	13000 people
2 km	8000 people
1 km	3600 people
Burned Area	4200 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Ouham-Pende	Central African Republic	340000 people
Logone Oriental	Chad	440000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Moundou	Logone Occidental	Chad	City	130000 people	104 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
Paoua		621				0	52 km
Kome		unknown				0	88 km
Moundou	MQQ	428	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	111 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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