Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 17 Apr 2024 00:00 UTC to 21 Apr 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5657 ha) in Australia 17 Apr 2024

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1019605
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	17 Apr 2024 - 22 Apr 2024
Duration (days):	5
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5657 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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21 Apr 08:16

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5657	21 Apr 2024 08:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	9325	22 Apr 2024 08:01	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
Mitchell Plateau	MIH	unknown				0	34 km
Kalumburu	UBU	29	Priv.	Unpaved	No	4200	66 km
Mungalalu Truscott		53	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3000	69 km
Troughton Island		8	Mil.	Unpaved	Yes	3000	99 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kalumburu		Coral Sea Islands	18 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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