Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 26 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 14 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (16471 ha) in Australia 26 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 1014462
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	26 May 2023 - 14 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	16471 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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27 May 12:00 28 May 12:01 29 May 12:02 30 May 12:04 31 May 12:05 01 Jun 12:05 02 Jun 12:06 03 Jun 12:06 04 Jun 12:08 05 Jun 12:09 08 Jun 12:09 09 Jun 12:12 10 Jun 12:12 11 Jun 12:14 14 Jun 13:17 15 Jun 13:18

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	8394	27 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
2	0.5	9175	28 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	9561	29 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	10137	30 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	10855	31 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
6	0.5	12131	01 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
7	0.5	12293	02 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
8	0.5	13491	03 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
9	0.5	13595	04 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
10	0.5	14618	05 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
11	0.5	14840	08 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
12	0.5	15226	09 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
13	0.5	15578	10 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
14	0.5	15707	11 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
15	0.5	16164	14 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
16	0.5	16471	15 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of Queensland (population 3,107,362) .

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	12 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Queensland	Australia	3.1 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)	Distance
Dixie	DXD	unknown	59 km
Drumduff	DFP	unknown	90 km
Koolburra	KKP	unknown	99 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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