Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 21 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 29 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 1014454
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	21 May 2023 - 29 May 2023
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7519 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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26 May 07:03 27 May 12:03 28 May 12:05 29 May 12:05 30 May 12:08

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5499	26 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6830	27 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7307	28 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	7372	29 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	7519	30 May 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	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 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
Margaret River	MGV	unknown				0	45 km
Halls Creek	HCQ	409	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4800	55 km
Springvale	ZVG	unknown				0	94 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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