Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 26 Sep 2025 00:00 UTC to 30 Sep 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6382 ha) in Australia 26 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 1025146
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	26 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2025
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6382 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5474	29 Sep 2025 14:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5613	29 Sep 2025 22:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5799	30 Sep 2025 06:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6382	06 Oct 2025 10:00	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	no 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

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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
Lansdowne	LDW	unknown				0	57 km
Tableland	TBL	unknown				0	69 km
Fossil Downs	FSL	unknown				0	84 km
Mt. House	MHO	unknown				0	87 km
Beverley Springs	BVZ	unknown				0	97 km
Fitzroy Crossing	FIZ	112	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	4200	98 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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