Forest Fire (16224 ha) in Australia 30 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 1014551
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 30 May 2023 - 12 Jun 2023
Duration (days): 13
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 16224 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score


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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 7324 31 May 2023 08:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 7919 01 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 8197 02 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 8874 03 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
5 0.5 0 8992 04 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
6 0.5 0 9289 05 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
7 0.5 0 9548 06 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
8 0.5 0 9807 07 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
9 0.5 0 11517 08 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
10 0.5 0 14299 09 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
11 0.5 0 14811 10 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
12 0.5 0 15180 11 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
13 0.5 0 15668 12 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
14 0.5 0 16224 13 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , Territory of Northern Territory (population 161,294) .

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
Northern Territory Australia 160000 people

Affected populated places

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

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Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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