Forest Fire (5945 ha) in Australia 26 Apr 2021

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 1000223
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 26 Apr 2021 - 30 Apr 2021
Duration (days): 4
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 5945 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score


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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 5447 30 Apr 2021 05:01 GWIS
2 0.5 0 5789 01 May 2021 05:02 GWIS
3 0.5 0 5945 02 May 2021 05:01 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of Western Australia (population 1,655,588) .

Radius Population
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people
1 km no people
Burned Area no people

Land Cover area Source
Protected Area 2015 ha WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Western Australia Australia 1.7 million people

Affected populated places

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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
Turkey Creek TKY unknown 0 64 km
Springvale ZVG unknown 0 66 km
Hillside HLL unknown 0 74 km
Ord River ODR unknown 0 78 km
Nicholson NLS unknown 0 84 km
Bedford Downs BDW unknown 0 89 km
Halls Creek HCQ 409 Civ. Paved Yes 4800 89 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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