Overall Green Forest fire in Australia from 27 Jul 2025 00:00 UTC to 05 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (13135 ha) in Australia 27 Jul 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 1024371
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Jul 2025 - 05 Aug 2025
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	13135 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5340	31 Jul 2025 06:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6667	31 Jul 2025 14:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6669	31 Jul 2025 22:00	GWIS
4	0.5	7168	01 Aug 2025 06:00	GWIS
5	0.5	8173	01 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS
6	0.5	8726	02 Aug 2025 02:00	GWIS
7	0.5	8993	02 Aug 2025 06:00	GWIS
8	0.5	10976	02 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
9	0.5	11011	02 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS
10	0.5	12137	03 Aug 2025 06:00	GWIS
11	0.5	12210	03 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS
12	0.5	12734	03 Aug 2025 22:00	GWIS
13	0.5	12790	04 Aug 2025 06:00	GWIS
14	0.5	13033	04 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS
15	0.5	13134	05 Aug 2025 02:00	GWIS
16	0.5	13135	06 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

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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	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Western Australia	Australia	1.7 million people

Affected populated places

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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
Argyle	GYL	159	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	6 km
Lissadel	LLL	unknown				0	28 km
Turkey Creek	TKY	unknown				0	51 km
Hillside	HLL	unknown				0	58 km
Ord River	ODR	unknown				0	96 km
Waterloo	WLO	unknown				0	98 km
Kununurra	KNX	44	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	100 km
Carlton Hill	CRY	unknown				0	103 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Argyle	Ord River	Ord	1971	67 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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