Forest Fire (7456 ha) in Australia 09 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 1006434
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 09 Jun 2022 - 19 Jun 2022
Duration (days): 10
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 7456 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 7456 21 Jun 2022 06:27 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , Territory of Northern Territory (population 161,294) .

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
Northern Territory Australia 160000 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
Lake Evella LEL 78 Civ. Unpaved No 3200 76 km
Baniyala BYX unknown 0 81 km
Ramingining RAM 63 Civ. Unpaved No 4500 106 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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