Overall Green Forest fire in Australia from 28 Apr 2025 00:00 UTC to 02 May 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5988 ha) in Australia 28 Apr 2025

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 1023717
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Apr 2025 - 02 May 2025
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5988 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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30 Apr 15:00 02 May 07:00 02 May 19:01 08 May 19:05

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5898	30 Apr 2025 14:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5946	02 May 2025 06:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5991	02 May 2025 18:00	GWIS
4	0.5	5988	08 May 2025 18:00	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) . The nearest places are Perth, York, Beverly, Armadale, Byford, Brookton, Northam, Medina, Pingelly, Rockingham, and Waroona.

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 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

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
York	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	41 km
Beverly	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	42 km
Armadale	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	45 km
Byford	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	45 km
Brookton	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	54 km
Northam	Western Australia	Australia	City	5800 people	59 km
Perth	Western Australia	Australia	Major city	1.4 million people	64 km
Medina	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	64 km
Pingelly	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	70 km
Rockingham	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	71 km
Warnbro	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	71 km
Dwellingup	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	72 km
Peelhurst	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	74 km
Singleton	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	75 km
Pinjarra	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	77 km
Mandurah	Western Australia	Australia	City	73000 people	81 km
Falcon	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	90 km
Waroona	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	92 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
Perth International	PER	20	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11200	55 km
Perth Jandakot	JAD	30	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4500	57 km
Murray Field		17				0	71 km
Pearce		45	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	71 km
Fremantle Heliport	JFM	unknown				0	71 km
Rottnest Island	RTS	4	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4200	91 km
Cunderdin		213	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6000	93 km
Gingin		73	Civ.	Paved	No	5900	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kwinana	AUKWI	Coral Sea Islands	69 km
Fremantle	AUFRE	Coral Sea Islands	69 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Canning Reservoir	Canning	Canning	1940	33 km
	Mundaring Weir	Helena	1959	38 km
Wungong Reservoir	Wungong	Wungong Brook	1979	39 km
Victoria Reservoir	New Victoria	Munday Brook	1991	41 km
Serpentine Reservoir	Serpentine	Serpentine	1961	44 km
Banksiadale	South Dandalup	South Dandalup	1974	67 km
Navarino	Waroona	Drakes Brook	1966	88 km

Nuclear plants

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