Overall Green Forest fire alert in Guinea from 22 Apr 2023 00:00 UTC to 02 May 2023 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 1013894
Countries:	Guinea
Start Date - Last detection*:	22 Apr 2023 - 02 May 2023
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	5682 in the burned area
Burned area:	14879 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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01 May 06:06 02 May 06:06 03 May 07:08

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5340	14423	01 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5340	14493	02 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5682	14879	03 May 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Guinea , Administrative Region of Fria. The nearest places are Conakry, and Kindia.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	98000 people
5 km	65000 people
2 km	51000 people
1 km	40000 people
Burned Area	5700 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	2128 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Fria	Guinea	-
Coyah	Guinea	-
Telimele	Guinea	-
Kindia	Guinea	770000 people
Boffa	Guinea	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kindia	Kindia	Guinea	City	120000 people	70 km
Conakry	Conakry	Guinea	Capital	1.9 million people	106 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
Katourou	FIG	152	Civ.	Paved	No	5200	11 km
Fria		114				0	24 km
Conakry	CKY	22	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10800	99 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Dubreka		Guinea	75 km
Conakry	GNCKY	Guinea	110 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Banieya	Samou	1969	64 km
Kale	Samou	1963	64 km
Garafiri	Konkoure	1999	78 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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