Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 17 May 2022 00:00 UTC to 27 May 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (28415 ha) in Australia 17 May 2022

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 1006156
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	17 May 2022 - 27 May 2022
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	28415 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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19 May 05:45 20 May 03:46 21 May 03:45 22 May 03:47 23 May 04:47 24 May 04:47 25 May 04:47 26 May 04:49 27 May 03:49 28 May 04:50

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	15966	19 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	20364	20 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	20794	21 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	23584	22 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	24915	23 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	25539	24 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	26448	25 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	26973	26 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	27956	27 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
10	0.5	28415	28 May 2022 03:00	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) .

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	2848 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
Gibb River	GBV	509	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3000	53 km
Tableland	TBL	unknown				0	98 km
Mt. Barnett	MBN	unknown				0	100 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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