Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 23 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC to 26 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (30194 ha) in Australia 23 Oct 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 1002760
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 Oct 2021 - 04 Nov 2021
Duration (days):	12
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	30194 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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25 Oct 03:45 26 Oct 03:46 27 Oct 03:49

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	19928	25 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	22502	26 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	30194	27 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	42124	02 Nov 2021 17:07	GWIS
5	0.5	43382	04 Nov 2021 10:56	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	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	22456 ha	WDPA

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)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Undarra	UDA	unknown				0	14 km
Rosella Plains	RLP	unknown				0	17 km
Spring Creek	SCG	unknown				0	37 km
Einasleigh	EIH	unknown				0	52 km
Carpentaria Downs	CFP	unknown				0	57 km
Kidston		494	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3000	74 km
Lyndhurst	LTP	unknown				0	101 km
Georgetown	GTT	303	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3000	107 km
Bolwarra	BCK	unknown				0	108 km
Robinhood	ROH	unknown				0	108 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Copperfield River Gorge	Copperfield	1984	93 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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