Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 18 May 2022 00:00 UTC to 22 May 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (24886 ha) in Australia 18 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 1006175
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 May 2022 - 27 May 2022
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	24886 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5050	20 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5491	21 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	23097	22 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	24886	23 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	28228	24 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	31102	25 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	33019	26 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	34956	27 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	35512	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) .

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
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
Wyndham	WYN	4	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	5200	107 km
Gibb River	GBV	509	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3000	111 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Wyndham	AUWYN	Coral Sea Islands	103 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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