moderate severityclimateUnconfirmed · 24

EnvironmentalWest AfricaGuinea-Bissau · GuineaRelevance: CountryAutomated ingestion — not analyst reviewed

Guinea-Bissau: Fire - Mar 2026

Guinea-Bissau · GuineaEvent: 24 Mar 2026, 00:00 UTCLast updated: 09 Aug 2026, 07:24 UTC

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Reported detail

Affected Guinea-Bissau Glide: FR-2026-000055-GNB On March 24th , 2026, a large fire devastated the village of TUCUNDE, CARAVELA Sector, Bolama /Bijagós Region, Caravela Island is the northernmost island of the Bijagós Archipelago, located in the administrative region of Bolama, in Guinea-Bissau. Located in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 37 km from the mainland coast, it is part of the Caravela Sector, with 128 km² and a landscape of dense forests, mangroves and beaches, with an airport (GGCV).

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Verification confidence

Unconfirmed

24/100

Multi-source verification score

1 source · 1 layer

Single-thread or unattributed reporting. Treat as an early warning only, pending corroboration.

Six-layer coverage

L1 Conflict & armed groups
No matched signal (ACLED, UCDP, GDELT)
L2 Early warning & emergencies
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L3 GEOINT & situational awareness
No matched signal (Copernicus, NASA FIRMS, USGS)
L4 Cybersecurity
No matched signal (AlienVault OTX, AbuseIPDB, URLhaus)
L5 Strategic & political risk
No matched signal (GDELT, OpenSanctions, ISS)
L6 Verification
No matched signal (Analyst desk checks, OSINT verification)

How this score was reached

Independent reporting sources+8 / 30
Single-source reporting (ReliefWeb Disasters). No independent publisher has been matched to this event yet.
Cross-layer corroboration+6 / 25
Only one collection layer covers this event (L2 Early warning & emergencies). Corroboration from a second layer would raise confidence.
Structured / instrument evidence0 / 15
No conflict-event dataset (L1) or geospatial/GEOINT record (L3) has been matched — reporting is narrative only.
Traceable citation+10 / 10
A direct link to the primary reporting is published with the record.
Location resolved0 / 8
The event is not resolved to coordinates; only a place name is held.
Analyst verification (L6)0 / 12
Awaiting analyst desk verification; the record stands as collected.

Score is computed from collection metadata (independent publishers, collection layers, citation, geolocation, analyst review). It measures how well the event is corroborated, not how severe it is.

Credibility

Confidence: Not graded
Source reliability: Not graded

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Source provenance

Source: ReliefWeb Disasters
Source type: Not provided by source
Published: Not provided by source
Event date: 24 Mar 2026 00:00 UTC
Data as of: 24 Mar 2026 00:00 UTC
Last verified: Not provided by source
Drafting: Analyst desk

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Primary reporting

CitationReliefWeb Disasters· Published Mar 24, 2026, 12:00 AM· Fetched Jul 28, 2026, 09:20 PM

reliefweb.int/disaster/fr-2026-000055-gnb

Affected Guinea-Bissau Glide: FR-2026-000055-GNB On March 24th , 2026, a large fire devastated the village of TUCUNDE, CARAVELA Sector, Bolama /Bijagós Region, Caravela Island is the northernmost island of the Bijagós Archipelago, located in the administrative…
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