Overall Green Forest fire in Australia from 27 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC to 05 Feb 2026 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6688 ha) in Australia 27 Jan 2026

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 1027295
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Jan 2026 - 05 Feb 2026
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	13 in the burned area
Burned area:	6688 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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01 Feb 04:01 01 Feb 08:01 04 Feb 04:02 04 Feb 08:02 04 Feb 16:04 05 Feb 16:04 11 Feb 20:07

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	11	5300	01 Feb 2026 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	11	6050	01 Feb 2026 07:00	GWIS
3	0.5	11	6224	04 Feb 2026 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	13	6676	04 Feb 2026 07:00	GWIS
5	0.5	13	6685	04 Feb 2026 15:00	GWIS
6	0.5	13	6684	05 Feb 2026 15:00	GWIS
7	0.5	13	6688	11 Feb 2026 19:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of New South Wales (population 6,338,919) . The nearest places are Newcastle, Bulahdelah, Dungog, Forster, Tuncurry, Maitland, Gloucester, Kurri Kurri, Greta, Branxton, and Budgewoi.

Radius	Population
10 km	8800 people
5 km	4400 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
New South Wales	Australia	6.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bulahdelah	New South Wales	Australia	City	-	18 km
Dungog	New South Wales	Australia	City	-	46 km
Forster	New South Wales	Australia	City	-	52 km
Tuncurry	New South Wales	Australia	City	-	52 km
Newcastle	New South Wales	Australia	Major city	490000 people	57 km
Maitland	New South Wales	Australia	City	-	63 km
Gloucester	New South Wales	Australia	City	-	67 km
Kurri Kurri	New South Wales	Australia	City	11000 people	73 km
Greta	New South Wales	Australia	City	-	77 km
Branxton	New South Wales	Australia	City	-	81 km
Cessnock	New South Wales	Australia	City	16000 people	84 km
Budgewoi	New South Wales	Australia	City	-	95 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
Williamtown	NTL	9	Mil.	Paved	Yes	7900	42 km
Forster	FOT	unknown				0	52 km
Port Hunter	PHJ	unknown				0	56 km
Maitland	MTL	23	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3000	68 km
Newcastle Belmont	BEO	unknown				0	71 km
Taree	TRO	12	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4900	82 km
Cessnock	CES	64	Civ.	Paved	No	3000	84 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Port Stephens		Coral Sea Islands	15 km
Port Waratah		Coral Sea Islands	54 km
Newcastle	AUNTL	Coral Sea Islands	71 km
Catherine Hill Bay		Coral Sea Islands	82 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Grahamstown	OS	1969	44 km
Chichester	Chichester	1969	61 km
Lostock	Paterson	1971	76 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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