Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 26 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC to 05 Oct 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (17503 ha) in Australia 26 Sep 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 1017566
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	26 Sep 2023 - 09 Oct 2023
Duration (days):	13
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	17503 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	9119	29 Sep 2023 08:07	GWIS
2	0.5	9818	30 Sep 2023 08:07	GWIS
3	0.5	9988	01 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS
4	0.5	11852	02 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS
5	0.5	13578	03 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS
6	0.5	14053	04 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS
7	0.5	17503	05 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS
8	0.5	22292	06 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS
9	0.5	25314	07 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS
10	0.5	32154	08 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS
11	0.5	33094	09 Oct 2023 08:07	GWIS
12	0.5	33101	10 Oct 2023 08:07	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
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)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Lawn Hill	LWH	unknown				0	92 km
Century Mine		126	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5700	104 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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