Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 22 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 26 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (8571 ha) in Australia 22 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 1006691
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	22 Jun 2022 - 26 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	8571 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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24 Jun 04:45 25 Jun 04:46 26 Jun 04:47 27 Jun 04:47

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6159	24 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	7995	25 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	8459	26 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	8571	27 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) .

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

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
Doomafgee	DMD	47	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5400	49 km
Burketown	BUC	15	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4500	89 km
Wollogorang	WLL	unknown				0	92 km
Mornington Island	ONG	10	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	4900	105 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Bentinck Island		Coral Sea Islands	102 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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