Forest Fire (13632 ha) in Australia 25 Jul 2022

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1007698
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 25 Jul 2022 - 09 Aug 2022
Duration (days): 15
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 13632 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Forest fires are getting worse, 20 years of data confirm 8/17/2022 10:45:00 PM.

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Forest fires destroyed nearly 23 million acres of land in 2021, and it.. 8/17/2022 7:43:00 PM.

Lucas Ninno/Getty Images. (NEW YORK) — The planet continues to experience a massive loss in forest land as the world warms and allows severe wildfires to run rampant in regions spanning the globe. Overall, forest fires are getting worse wor
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European forest fires further increasing the world’s climate footprint 8/16/2022 9:15:00 PM.

Some 650 firefighters were on the scene Tuesday putting out numerous hot spots that continued to burn along the perimeter of the Landiras fire in southwestern France, which has ravaged 74 square kilometres of pine trees. More than 600 squar
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