Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 28 Sep 2024 00:00 UTC to 03 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (9016 ha) in Australia 28 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 1022476
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Sep 2024 - 03 Oct 2024
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9016 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	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5214	30 Sep 2024 14:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5253	30 Sep 2024 18:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5558	01 Oct 2024 02:00	GWIS
4	0.5	5664	01 Oct 2024 06:00	GWIS
5	0.5	5972	01 Oct 2024 10:00	GWIS
6	0.5	6467	01 Oct 2024 18:00	GWIS
7	0.5	6844	02 Oct 2024 02:00	GWIS
8	0.5	6895	02 Oct 2024 06:00	GWIS
9	0.5	7261	02 Oct 2024 18:00	GWIS
10	0.5	7820	03 Oct 2024 06:00	GWIS
11	0.5	8925	03 Oct 2024 14:00	GWIS
12	0.5	9016	03 Oct 2024 18:00	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) .

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
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	37 km
Kalumburu	UBU	29	Priv.	Unpaved	No	4200	63 km
Mungalalu Truscott		53	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3000	72 km
Troughton Island		8	Mil.	Unpaved	Yes	3000	105 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kalumburu		Coral Sea Islands	26 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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