Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 09 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC to 23 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (9796 ha) in Australia 09 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 1017369
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	09 Sep 2023 - 23 Sep 2023
Duration (days):	14
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9796 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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19 Sep 08:22 20 Sep 08:25 21 Sep 08:28 22 Sep 08:29 23 Sep 08:32 24 Sep 08:36

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5544	19 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
2	0.5	5677	20 Sep 2023 08:07	GWIS
3	0.5	6318	21 Sep 2023 08:09	GWIS
4	0.5	6326	22 Sep 2023 08:10	GWIS
5	0.5	9264	23 Sep 2023 08:11	GWIS
6	0.5	9796	24 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	5700 people
5 km	2900 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 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)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Nhulunbuy	GOV	54	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6700	7 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Gove	AUGOV	Coral Sea Islands	10 km
Cape Arnhem		Coral Sea Islands	17 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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