Overall Green Forest fire in Australia from 12 Nov 2024 00:00 UTC to 22 Nov 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6141 ha) in Australia 12 Nov 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 1022963
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 Nov 2024 - 22 Nov 2024
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	2 in the burned area
Burned area:	6141 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	1	5056	15 Nov 2024 23:00	GWIS
2	0.5	1	5106	16 Nov 2024 07:00	GWIS
3	0.5	2	5305	18 Nov 2024 07:00	GWIS
4	0.5	2	5539	18 Nov 2024 19:00	GWIS
5	0.5	2	5547	19 Nov 2024 07:00	GWIS
6	0.5	2	5626	20 Nov 2024 07:00	GWIS
7	0.5	2	5938	20 Nov 2024 19:00	GWIS
8	0.5	2	6068	21 Nov 2024 19:00	GWIS
9	0.5	2	6127	22 Nov 2024 07:00	GWIS
10	0.5	2	6141	22 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	<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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Yampi	AUYAM	Coral Sea Islands	9 km
Yampi Sound		Coral Sea Islands	11 km
Cape Leveque		Coral Sea Islands	72 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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