Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 07 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC to 17 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (21354 ha) in Australia 07 Sep 2023

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1017227
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	07 Sep 2023 - 22 Sep 2023
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	21354 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	6776	11 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
2	0.5	8199	12 Sep 2023 08:07	GWIS
3	0.5	10406	13 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
4	0.5	11644	14 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
5	0.5	14365	15 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
6	0.5	16799	16 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
7	0.5	19833	17 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
8	0.5	21354	18 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
9	0.5	22053	19 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
10	0.5	24446	20 Sep 2023 08:07	GWIS
11	0.5	28058	21 Sep 2023 08:09	GWIS
12	0.5	35194	22 Sep 2023 08:10	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.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Distance
Mountain Valley	MNV	unknown	41 km
Mainoru	MIZ	unknown	70 km
Moroak River Moroak	MRT	unknown	77 km
Roper Valley	RPV	unknown	115 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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