Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 13 Sep 2025 00:00 UTC to 16 Sep 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (17556 ha) in Australia 13 Sep 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 1025055
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	13 Sep 2025 - 16 Sep 2025
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	17556 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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15 Sep 07:00 16 Sep 03:00 23 Sep 19:04

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	8078	15 Sep 2025 06:00	GWIS
2	0.5	17541	16 Sep 2025 02:00	GWIS
3	0.5	17556	23 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) . The nearest places are and Broome.

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no 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
Broome	Western Australia	Australia	City	13000 people	45 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
Broome	BME	17	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800	47 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Broome	AUBME	Coral Sea Islands	44 km
Lagrange		Coral Sea Islands	95 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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