Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 25 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC to 09 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (13632 ha) in Australia 25 Jul 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 1007698
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	25 Jul 2022 - 09 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	13632 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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01 Aug 05:21 01 Aug 14:09 02 Aug 04:59 03 Aug 04:57 04 Aug 04:59 06 Aug 05:13 07 Aug 05:05 08 Aug 05:17 09 Aug 05:21 10 Aug 05:31

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5271	01 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5606	01 Aug 2022 11:38	GWIS
3	0.5	5747	02 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	7353	03 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	7470	04 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	8234	06 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	10885	07 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	12223	08 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	13470	09 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
10	0.5	13632	10 Aug 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) . The nearest places are and Weipa.

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

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Weipa	Queensland	Australia	City	-	74 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
Aurukun	AUU	9	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4100	31 km
Merluna	MLV	unknown				0	54 km
Beagle Bay	BEE	unknown				0	55 km
Weipa	WEI	19	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5300	67 km
Scherger		44	Mil.	Paved	No	10000	74 km
Rokeby	RKY	unknown				0	78 km
Moreton	MET	unknown				0	102 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Weipa	AUWEI	Coral Sea Islands	75 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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