Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 01 Dec 2022 00:00 UTC to 11 Dec 2022 00:00 UTC

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 1010295
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	01 Dec 2022 - 12 Dec 2022
Duration (days):	11
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7298 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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04 Dec 05:00 06 Dec 05:01 11 Dec 05:10 12 Dec 05:11

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6542	04 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6894	06 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7106	11 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	7298	12 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	13741	13 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of Western Australia (population 1,655,588) .

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
Western Australia	Australia	1.7 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
Myroodah	MYO	unknown				0	91 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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