Overall Green Forest fire in Australia from 03 Sep 2024 00:00 UTC to 05 Sep 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (7401 ha) in Australia 03 Sep 2024

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 1021962
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	03 Sep 2024 - 05 Sep 2024
Duration (days):	2
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7401 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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04 Sep 19:00 05 Sep 11:00 05 Sep 19:01 06 Sep 07:01

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7082	04 Sep 2024 18:01	GWIS
2	0.5	7212	05 Sep 2024 10:01	GWIS
3	0.5	7290	05 Sep 2024 18:01	GWIS
4	0.5	7401	06 Sep 2024 06:00	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) .

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
Queensland	Australia	3.1 million people

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
Doomafgee	DMD	47	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5400	44 km
Wollogorang	WLL	unknown				0	89 km
Burketown	BUC	15	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4500	94 km

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Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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