Overall Green Forest fire alert in Sierra Leone from 22 Apr 2023 00:00 UTC to 29 Apr 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 1014055
Countries:	Sierra Leone
Start Date - Last detection*:	22 Apr 2023 - 29 Apr 2023
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	1643 in the burned area
Burned area:	15500 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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07 May 06:12

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	1643	15500	07 May 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 Freetown, and Makeni.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	78000 people
5 km	49000 people
2 km	21000 people
1 km	13000 people
Burned Area	1600 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1596 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern	Sierra Leone	2.3 million people
Southern	Sierra Leone	960000 people
Western Area	Sierra Leone	550000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Freetown	Western Area	Sierra Leone	Capital	790000 people	67 km
Makeni	Northern	Sierra Leone	City	86000 people	79 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
Hastings	HGS	18	Civ.	Paved	No	2900	56 km
Freetown Lungi	FNA	26	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10500	65 km
Gbangbatok	GBK	unknown				0	78 km
Bonthe	BTE	4	Civ.	Paved	No	3500	105 km
Bo	KBS	100	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4000	110 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Pepel	SLPEP	Sierra Leone	49 km
Freetown	SLFNA	Sierra Leone	67 km
Benty		Guinea	101 km
Bonthe	SLBTE	Sierra Leone	103 km
Sherbro Island		Sierra Leone	107 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Guma	Guma	1966	65 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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