Overall Green Forest fire in Australia from 23 Sep 2025 00:00 UTC to 03 Oct 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (16621 ha) in Australia 23 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 1025136
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 Sep 2025 - 03 Oct 2025
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	16621 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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29 Sep 03:02 29 Sep 07:02 29 Sep 15:03 29 Sep 23:04 30 Sep 07:04 01 Oct 07:05 02 Oct 07:06 03 Oct 07:08 03 Oct 19:09

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	12186	29 Sep 2025 02:00	GWIS
2	0.5	12300	29 Sep 2025 06:00	GWIS
3	0.5	12665	29 Sep 2025 14:00	GWIS
4	0.5	13272	29 Sep 2025 22:00	GWIS
5	0.5	15236	30 Sep 2025 06:00	GWIS
6	0.5	16176	01 Oct 2025 06:00	GWIS
7	0.5	16353	02 Oct 2025 06:00	GWIS
8	0.5	16507	03 Oct 2025 06:00	GWIS
9	0.5	16621	03 Oct 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
Mitchell Plateau	MIH	unknown				0	39 km
Kalumburu	UBU	29	Priv.	Unpaved	No	4200	70 km
Mungalalu Truscott		53	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3000	85 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kalumburu		Coral Sea Islands	39 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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