Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 13 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 17 Mar 2023 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 1012701
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	13 Mar 2023 - 17 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	18862 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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14 Mar 06:00 15 Mar 06:00 16 Mar 06:00 17 Mar 06:01 18 Mar 06:01

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	8876	14 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	14893	15 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	15109	16 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	17736	17 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	18862	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) .

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
Beverley Springs	BVZ	unknown				0	33 km
Fitzroy Crossing	FIZ	112	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	4200	41 km
Noonkanbah	NKB	unknown				0	55 km
Fossil Downs	FSL	unknown				0	61 km
Cherrabun	CBC	unknown				0	63 km
Myroodah	MYO	unknown				0	103 km

Ports

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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