Forest Fire (49186 ha) in Australia 09 Mar 2023

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 1012641
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 09 Mar 2023 - 17 Mar 2023
Duration (days): 8
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 49186 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 10740 11 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 13152 12 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 24330 13 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 35403 14 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
5 0.5 0 43566 15 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
6 0.5 0 47945 16 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
7 0.5 0 48871 17 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
8 0.5 0 49186 18 Mar 2023 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) .

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

Land Cover area Source
Protected Area 42247 ha WDPA

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

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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