Forest Fire (7706 ha) in Australia 18 Jun 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 1006350
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 18 Jun 2022 - 22 Jun 2022
Duration (days): 4
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 7706 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 7530 21 Jun 2022 06:27 GWIS
2 0.5 0 7618 22 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 7706 23 Jun 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

Land Cover area Source
Protected Area 1055 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
Balgo Hill BQW 439 Civ. Unpaved Yes 5200 99 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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