Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 15 Apr 2024 00:00 UTC to 19 Apr 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (8426 ha) in Australia 15 Apr 2024

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 1019586
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	15 Apr 2024 - 19 Apr 2024
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	8426 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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17 Apr 08:15 18 Apr 08:16 19 Apr 08:17 20 Apr 08:18

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7516	17 Apr 2024 08:01	GWIS
2	0.5	7717	18 Apr 2024 08:01	GWIS
3	0.5	8250	19 Apr 2024 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	8426	20 Apr 2024 08:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of Western Australia (population 1,655,588) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	8426 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Western Australia	Australia	1.7 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
Mitchell Plateau	MIH	unknown				0	53 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kalumburu		Coral Sea Islands	80 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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