Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 29 Sep 2024 00:00 UTC to 02 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (24812 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 1022470
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	29 Sep 2024 - 04 Oct 2024
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	24812 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	9359	30 Sep 2024 10:00	GWIS
2	0.5	16792	30 Sep 2024 14:00	GWIS
3	0.5	17397	30 Sep 2024 18:00	GWIS
4	0.5	19932	01 Oct 2024 02:00	GWIS
5	0.5	20978	01 Oct 2024 06:00	GWIS
6	0.5	23191	01 Oct 2024 10:00	GWIS
7	0.5	23927	01 Oct 2024 18:00	GWIS
8	0.5	24809	02 Oct 2024 02:00	GWIS
9	0.5	24812	02 Oct 2024 06:00	GWIS
10	0.5	27176	02 Oct 2024 14:00	GWIS
11	0.5	27399	02 Oct 2024 18:00	GWIS
12	0.5	30544	03 Oct 2024 06:00	GWIS
13	0.5	36886	03 Oct 2024 14:00	GWIS
14	0.5	36913	03 Oct 2024 18:00	GWIS
15	0.5	43102	03 Oct 2024 22:00	GWIS
16	0.5	44620	04 Oct 2024 06:00	GWIS
17	0.5	45812	04 Oct 2024 10:00	GWIS
18	0.5	45861	04 Oct 2024 14:00	GWIS
19	0.5	49389	04 Oct 2024 18:00	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) . The nearest places are and Mount Isa.

Radius	Population
10 km	1300 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

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mount Isa	Queensland	Australia	City	22000 people	22 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	24 km
Oban	OBA	unknown				0	57 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Tailings Dam 8	Lena Creek	n/a	18 km
Lake Moondarra	Leichhardt River	Leichhardt	1957	36 km
Mary Kathleen	East Leichhardt	East Branch of Leichhardt River	1960	52 km
	Corella	Corella	1959	79 km
Julius	Julius	Leichhardt	1976	84 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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