Overall Green Forest fire in Australia from 29 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC to 03 Nov 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (10731 ha) in Australia 29 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 1022853
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	29 Oct 2024 - 03 Nov 2024
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	17 in the burned area
Burned area:	10731 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	17	7802	30 Oct 2024 15:00	GWIS
2	0.5	17	7885	30 Oct 2024 19:00	GWIS
3	0.5	17	9358	30 Oct 2024 23:00	GWIS
4	0.5	17	9450	31 Oct 2024 07:00	GWIS
5	0.5	17	9812	31 Oct 2024 19:00	GWIS
6	0.5	17	9944	01 Nov 2024 07:00	GWIS
7	0.5	17	10381	02 Nov 2024 07:00	GWIS
8	0.5	17	10420	02 Nov 2024 19:00	GWIS
9	0.5	17	10639	03 Nov 2024 11:00	GWIS
10	0.5	17	10731	08 Nov 2024 11:00	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	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
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
Turkey Creek	TKY	unknown				0	7 km
Hillside	HLL	unknown				0	28 km
Argyle	GYL	159	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	51 km
Lissadel	LLL	unknown				0	71 km
Ord River	ODR	unknown				0	74 km
Bedford Downs	BDW	unknown				0	89 km
Springvale	ZVG	unknown				0	106 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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