Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 20 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC to 21 Oct 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 1002741
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	20 Oct 2021 - 21 Oct 2021
Duration (days):	1
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5760 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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21 Oct 03:45 22 Oct 03:45

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5357	21 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	5760	22 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of Queensland (population 3,107,362) .

CCI Land Cover

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Queensland	Australia	3.1 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)	Distance
Dorunda Station	DRD	unknown	54 km
Vanrook	VNR	unknown	62 km
Miranda Downs	MWY	unknown	78 km
Strathmore	STH	unknown	93 km
Highbury	HIG	unknown	94 km
Dunbar	DNB	unknown	101 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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