Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 20 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 25 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5790 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 1006760
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	20 Jun 2022 - 25 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	1 in the burned area
Burned area:	5790 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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26 Jun 04:49

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	1	5790	26 Jun 2022 03:00	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) . The nearest places are and Darwin.

CCI Land Cover

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern Territory	Australia	160000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Darwin	Northern Territory	Australia	Major city	92000 people	78 km

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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
Bathurst Island	BRT	16	Civ.	Paved	No	4800	27 km
Snake Bay	SNB	52	Civ.	Paved	No	4700	41 km
Garden Point	GPN	27	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3700	59 km
Darwin International	DRW	31	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11000	76 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Darwin	AUDRW	Coral Sea Islands	78 km
Bathurst Island	AUBRT	Coral Sea Islands	80 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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