Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 16 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 31 May 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 1014318
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	16 May 2023 - 31 May 2023
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	46070 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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19 May 06:02 20 May 07:05 21 May 07:07 22 May 07:08 23 May 07:09 24 May 07:09 25 May 07:11 26 May 07:10 27 May 12:10 28 May 12:10 29 May 12:10 05 Jun 12:21

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7661	19 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	9958	20 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	10964	21 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	15196	22 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	20437	23 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	25055	24 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	27971	25 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	31041	26 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	35917	27 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
10	0.5	40321	28 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
11	0.5	43459	29 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
12	0.5	46070	05 Jun 2023 08:00	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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	36933 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

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Lagrange		Coral Sea Islands	58 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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