Overall Green Forest fire in Australia from 29 Sep 2024 00:00 UTC to 04 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (31486 ha) in Australia 29 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 1022459
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	29 Sep 2024 - 04 Oct 2024
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	13 in the burned area
Burned area:	31486 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	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	0	5008	30 Sep 2024 06:00	GWIS
2	0.5	1	5932	30 Sep 2024 10:00	GWIS
3	0.5	1	7266	30 Sep 2024 14:00	GWIS
4	0.5	1	7349	30 Sep 2024 18:00	GWIS
5	0.5	1	8278	01 Oct 2024 02:00	GWIS
6	0.5	1	8301	01 Oct 2024 06:00	GWIS
7	0.5	1	9155	01 Oct 2024 10:00	GWIS
8	0.5	1	9190	01 Oct 2024 18:00	GWIS
9	0.5	12	10852	02 Oct 2024 02:00	GWIS
10	0.5	12	11033	02 Oct 2024 06:00	GWIS
11	0.5	12	13116	02 Oct 2024 14:00	GWIS
12	0.5	12	13193	02 Oct 2024 18:00	GWIS
13	0.5	12	13605	03 Oct 2024 06:00	GWIS
14	0.5	12	16913	03 Oct 2024 18:00	GWIS
15	0.5	12	21636	03 Oct 2024 22:00	GWIS
16	0.5	12	22034	04 Oct 2024 10:00	GWIS
17	0.5	12	27224	04 Oct 2024 14:00	GWIS
18	0.5	13	31486	04 Oct 2024 18:00	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	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 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
Kurundi	KRD	unknown				0	52 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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