Overall Green Forest fire in Australia from 02 Oct 2025 00:00 UTC to 05 Oct 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (13289 ha) in Australia 02 Oct 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 1025209
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	02 Oct 2025 - 05 Oct 2025
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	13289 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	6375	04 Oct 2025 06:00	GWIS
2	0.5	7914	04 Oct 2025 10:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7977	04 Oct 2025 18:00	GWIS
4	0.5	9900	05 Oct 2025 06:00	GWIS
5	0.5	11245	05 Oct 2025 18:00	GWIS
6	0.5	13289	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 Queensland (population 3,107,362) .

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
Queensland	Australia	3.1 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)	Distance
Koolburra	KKP	unknown	22 km
Laura	LUU	unknown	25 km
Dixie	DXD	unknown	56 km
Bizant	BZP	unknown	63 km
Kalpowar	KPP	unknown	64 km
Lakefield	LFP	unknown	64 km
Greenvale Miner Lake	GVP	unknown	66 km
Laura Station	LUT	unknown	77 km
Bulimba	BIP	unknown	86 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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