Overall Green Forest fire in Australia from 31 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC to 09 Sep 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (39754 ha) in Australia 31 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 1024849
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	31 Aug 2025 - 09 Sep 2025
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	39754 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	5115	01 Sep 2025 14:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5316	01 Sep 2025 18:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5750	02 Sep 2025 02:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6045	02 Sep 2025 06:00	GWIS
5	0.5	8316	02 Sep 2025 18:00	GWIS
6	0.5	12923	02 Sep 2025 22:00	GWIS
7	0.5	13004	03 Sep 2025 06:00	GWIS
8	0.5	20642	03 Sep 2025 14:00	GWIS
9	0.5	20687	03 Sep 2025 18:00	GWIS
10	0.5	22480	04 Sep 2025 02:00	GWIS
11	0.5	22922	04 Sep 2025 06:00	GWIS
12	0.5	26082	04 Sep 2025 14:00	GWIS
13	0.5	26362	04 Sep 2025 18:00	GWIS
14	0.5	27540	05 Sep 2025 06:00	GWIS
15	0.5	28950	05 Sep 2025 14:00	GWIS
16	0.5	29256	05 Sep 2025 18:00	GWIS
17	0.5	30993	06 Sep 2025 02:00	GWIS
18	0.5	31478	06 Sep 2025 06:00	GWIS
19	0.5	36088	06 Sep 2025 14:00	GWIS
20	0.5	36145	06 Sep 2025 18:00	GWIS
21	0.5	36885	07 Sep 2025 02:00	GWIS
22	0.5	36938	07 Sep 2025 06:00	GWIS
23	0.5	37545	07 Sep 2025 18:00	GWIS
24	0.5	38151	07 Sep 2025 22:00	GWIS
25	0.5	38400	08 Sep 2025 06:00	GWIS
26	0.5	38943	08 Sep 2025 18:00	GWIS
27	0.5	39513	09 Sep 2025 02:00	GWIS
28	0.5	39564	09 Sep 2025 06:00	GWIS
29	0.5	39754	10 Sep 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) .

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

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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
Gibb River	GBV	509	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3000	104 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Wyndham	AUWYN	Coral Sea Islands	110 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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