Forest Fire (7219 ha) in Australia 20 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 1006665
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 20 Jun 2022 - 24 Jun 2022
Duration (days): 4
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 7219 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score


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23 Jun 04:4524 Jun 04:4625 Jun 04:46

Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 5522 23 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 6336 24 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 7219 25 Jun 2022 03:00 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) .

Radius Population
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people
1 km no people
Burned Area no people

Land Cover area Source
Protected Area 56 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
Kalpowar KPP unknown 0 40 km
Lakefield LFP unknown 0 41 km
Koolburra KKP unknown 0 43 km
Laura LUU unknown 0 48 km
Dixie DXD unknown 0 51 km
Bizant BZP unknown 0 54 km
Laura Station LUT unknown 0 76 km
Greenvale Miner Lake GVP unknown 0 79 km
Hope Vale HPE unknown 0 105 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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