Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 16 Apr 2024 00:00 UTC to 28 Apr 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (15262 ha) in Australia 16 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 1019608
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	16 Apr 2024 - 28 Apr 2024
Duration (days):	12
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	15262 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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22 Apr 08:18 23 Apr 08:19 24 Apr 08:17 25 Apr 08:19 26 Apr 08:21 27 Apr 08:21 28 Apr 08:20 29 Apr 08:23

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6311	22 Apr 2024 08:01	GWIS
2	0.5	10590	23 Apr 2024 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	11745	24 Apr 2024 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	11852	25 Apr 2024 08:01	GWIS
5	0.5	13553	26 Apr 2024 08:00	GWIS
6	0.5	14899	27 Apr 2024 08:01	GWIS
7	0.5	15245	28 Apr 2024 08:00	GWIS
8	0.5	15262	29 Apr 2024 08:01	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of Queensland (population 3,107,362) . The nearest places are and Mount Isa.

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Queensland	Australia	3.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mount Isa	Queensland	Australia	City	22000 people	29 km

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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
Mount Isa	ISA	342	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8300	22 km
Oban	OBA	unknown				0	100 km
Cloncurry	CNJ	190	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	102 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Lake Moondarra	Leichhardt River	Leichhardt	1957	12 km
	Tailings Dam 8	Lena Creek	n/a	35 km
Julius	Julius	Leichhardt	1976	42 km
Mary Kathleen	East Leichhardt	East Branch of Leichhardt River	1960	42 km
	Corella	Corella	1959	66 km
Waggaboonyah	Waggaboonyah	Greenstone Creek	1969	89 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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