Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 22 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC to 30 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (8491 ha) in Australia 22 Aug 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 1024721
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	22 Aug 2025 - 30 Aug 2025
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	8491 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	5296	24 Aug 2025 14:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5409	24 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5629	25 Aug 2025 06:00	GWIS
4	0.5	5990	25 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS
5	0.5	6594	26 Aug 2025 06:00	GWIS
6	0.5	6661	26 Aug 2025 10:00	GWIS
7	0.5	7527	26 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS
8	0.5	7829	26 Aug 2025 22:00	GWIS
9	0.5	7880	27 Aug 2025 06:00	GWIS
10	0.5	8490	30 Aug 2025 10:00	GWIS
11	0.5	8491	01 Sep 2025 18:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , Territory of Northern Territory (population 161,294) .

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
Northern Territory	Australia	160000 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
McArthur River Mine		40	Priv.	Paved	Yes	4900	77 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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