Overall Green Forest fire in Australia from 21 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC to 26 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (8639 ha) in Australia 21 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 1022788
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	21 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	8639 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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31 Oct 20:11

Impact Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	8639	31 Oct 2024 19:00	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	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern Territory	Australia	160000 people
Western Australia	Australia	1.7 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
Waterloo	WLO	unknown				0	27 km
Ord River	ODR	unknown				0	65 km
Lissadel	LLL	unknown				0	73 km
Limbunya	LIB	unknown				0	82 km
Newry	NRY	unknown				0	87 km
Argyle	GYL	159	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	87 km
Kirkimbie	KBB	unknown				0	100 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Argyle	Ord River	Ord	1971	98 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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