Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 24 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 01 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5860 ha) in Australia 24 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 1014546
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	24 May 2023 - 01 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5860 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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30 May 12:06 31 May 12:06 02 Jun 12:07

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5290	30 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5662	31 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5860	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) . The nearest places are Townsville, Charters Towners, Ayr, and Home Hill.

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
Queensland	Australia	3.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Townsville	Queensland	Australia	Major city	140000 people	49 km
Charters Towners	Queensland	Australia	City	-	57 km
Ayr	Queensland	Australia	City	9000 people	90 km
Home Hill	Queensland	Australia	City	-	90 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
Townsville	TSV	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7900	49 km
Charters Towers	CXT	291	Civ.	Paved	No	3000	53 km
Ayr	AYR	12	Civ.	Paved	No	3000	81 km
Palm Island	PMK	9	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3700	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Townsville	AUTSV	Coral Sea Islands	51 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Ross River	Ross	1987	32 km
Paluma	Paluma	Swamp Creek	1959	87 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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