Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 04 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC to 09 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (16371 ha) in Australia 04 Oct 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 1022613
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	04 Oct 2024 - 09 Oct 2024
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	16371 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	7299	07 Oct 2024 14:00	GWIS
2	0.5	7444	07 Oct 2024 18:00	GWIS
3	0.5	9468	08 Oct 2024 06:00	GWIS
4	0.5	12644	08 Oct 2024 10:00	GWIS
5	0.5	12699	08 Oct 2024 18:00	GWIS
6	0.5	14053	09 Oct 2024 02:00	GWIS
7	0.5	14484	09 Oct 2024 06:00	GWIS
8	0.5	16334	09 Oct 2024 10:00	GWIS
9	0.5	16372	09 Oct 2024 14:00	GWIS
10	0.5	16371	09 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	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

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mount Isa	Queensland	Australia	City	22000 people	41 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
Oban	OBA	unknown				0	36 km
Mount Isa	ISA	342	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8300	45 km
Barkly Downs	BKP	unknown				0	96 km
Headingly	HIP	unknown				0	99 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Tailings Dam 8	Lena Creek	n/a	35 km
Lake Moondarra	Leichhardt River	Leichhardt	1957	58 km
Mary Kathleen	East Leichhardt	East Branch of Leichhardt River	1960	67 km
	Corella	Corella	1959	92 km
Julius	Julius	Leichhardt	1976	106 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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