Overall Green Forest fire alert in Madagascar from 27 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC to 09 Nov 2021 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 1003507
Countries:	Madagascar
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Oct 2021 - 09 Nov 2021
Duration (days):	13
People affected:	13 in the burned area
Burned area:	30226 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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22 Nov 04:52

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	13	30226	22 Nov 2021 04:01	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Madagascar , Province of Toamasina (population 1,807,128) . The nearest places are and Fenerive.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	61000 people
5 km	41000 people
2 km	35000 people
1 km	32000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	38 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Toamasina	Madagascar	1.8 million people
Mahajanga	Madagascar	1.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Fenerive	Toamasina	Madagascar	City	-	69 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
Sainte Marie	SMS	2	Civ.	Paved	No	3300	92 km
Ambatondrazaka	WAM	766	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4200	113 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Fenerive	Madagascar	69 km
Port Sainte Marie	Madagascar	93 km
Foulpointe	Madagascar	102 km
Saint Mary Island	Madagascar	107 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Sahamaloto	Sahamaloto	1958	89 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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