Overall Green Forest fire in Australia from 28 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC to 31 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (12410 ha) in Australia 28 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 1022837
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Oct 2024 - 31 Oct 2024
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	12410 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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29 Oct 12:00 29 Oct 20:00 30 Oct 00:00 30 Oct 08:00 30 Oct 20:00 31 Oct 20:01 07 Nov 20:03

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7736	29 Oct 2024 11:00	GWIS
2	0.5	7782	29 Oct 2024 19:00	GWIS
3	0.5	11703	29 Oct 2024 23:00	GWIS
4	0.5	12019	30 Oct 2024 07:00	GWIS
5	0.5	12183	30 Oct 2024 19:00	GWIS
6	0.5	12311	31 Oct 2024 19:00	GWIS
7	0.5	12410	07 Nov 2024 19:00	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
Northern Territory	Australia	160000 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
Sturt Creek	SSK	unknown				0	56 km
Gordon Downs	GDD	unknown				0	75 km
Balgo Hill	BQW	439	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	5200	100 km
Billiluna	BIW	unknown				0	106 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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