Overall Green Forest fire in Australia from 11 Apr 2026 00:00 UTC to 17 Apr 2026 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6855 ha) in Australia 11 Apr 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 1028343
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	11 Apr 2026 - 17 Apr 2026
Duration (days):	6
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6855 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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14 Apr 19:01 15 Apr 03:01 15 Apr 07:01 15 Apr 19:03 16 Apr 07:03 16 Apr 19:05 17 Apr 07:05 23 Apr 09:09

Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5816	14 Apr 2026 18:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6035	15 Apr 2026 02:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6104	15 Apr 2026 06:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6451	15 Apr 2026 18:00	GWIS
5	0.5	6563	16 Apr 2026 06:00	GWIS
6	0.5	6737	16 Apr 2026 18:00	GWIS
7	0.5	6795	17 Apr 2026 06:00	GWIS
8	0.5	6855	23 Apr 2026 06:00	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
Gibb River	GBV	509	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3000	50 km
Mt. Barnett	MBN	unknown				0	65 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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