Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 24 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 1014450
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	24 May 2023 - 08 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	47112 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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26 May 07:00 27 May 12:01 28 May 12:02 29 May 12:03 30 May 12:06 31 May 12:07 01 Jun 12:07

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	24985	26 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	30374	27 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	32402	28 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	44354	29 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	45471	30 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
6	0.5	46446	31 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
7	0.5	47112	01 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
8	0.5	51362	02 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
9	0.5	54291	03 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
10	0.5	55240	04 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
11	0.5	55964	05 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
12	0.5	57103	06 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
13	0.5	57574	07 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
14	0.5	57711	08 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	47146 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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