Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 17 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 31 May 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (10542 ha) in Australia 17 May 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 1014346
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	17 May 2023 - 31 May 2023
Duration (days):	14
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	10542 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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20 May 07:03 21 May 07:05 22 May 07:07 23 May 07:07 25 May 07:09 27 May 12:08 28 May 12:09 29 May 12:09 30 May 12:13 01 Jun 12:13

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7267	20 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	8234	21 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	9033	22 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	9332	23 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	9493	25 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	9798	27 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
7	0.5	9913	28 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
8	0.5	10135	29 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
9	0.5	10334	30 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
10	0.5	10542	01 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) . The nearest places are and Derby.

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

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Derby	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	81 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
Carroll		91	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10000	67 km
Derby	DRB	7	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5600	76 km
Myroodah	MYO	unknown				0	91 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Derby	AUDRB	Coral Sea Islands	83 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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