Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 14 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 02 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (8736 ha) in Australia 14 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 1014502
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	14 May 2023 - 02 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	8736 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5207	28 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5804	29 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7119	30 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	7906	31 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	8414	01 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
6	0.5	8736	02 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

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
Koolburra	KKP	unknown	20 km
Laura	LUU	unknown	44 km
Dixie	DXD	unknown	46 km
Bulimba	BIP	unknown	64 km
Kalpowar	KPP	unknown	91 km
Drumduff	DFP	unknown	91 km
Greenvale Miner Lake	GVP	unknown	94 km
Lakefield	LFP	unknown	95 km
Bizant	BZP	unknown	102 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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