Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 24 May 2024 00:00 UTC to 25 May 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5181 ha) in Australia 24 May 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 1019781
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	24 May 2024 - 25 May 2024
Duration (days):	1
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5181 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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25 May 09:00

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5181	25 May 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) . The nearest places are Perth, Dwellingup, Byford, Brookton, Armadale, Pingelly, Pinjarra, Beverly, Waroona, Singleton, and Northam.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 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

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Dwellingup	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	47 km
Byford	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	52 km
Brookton	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	52 km
Armadale	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	57 km
Pingelly	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	58 km
Pinjarra	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	58 km
Beverly	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	59 km
Waroona	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	66 km
Singleton	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	66 km
Peelhurst	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	67 km
Medina	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	68 km
Warnbro	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	69 km
Mandurah	Western Australia	Australia	City	73000 people	69 km
York	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	71 km
Rockingham	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	72 km
Falcon	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	78 km
Perth	Western Australia	Australia	Major city	1.4 million people	83 km
Narrogin	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	84 km
Harvey	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	86 km
Northam	Western Australia	Australia	City	5800 people	93 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
Murray Field		17				0	59 km
Perth Jandakot	JAD	30	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4500	70 km
Perth International	PER	20	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11200	76 km
Narrogin	NRG	unknown				0	83 km
Fremantle Heliport	JFM	unknown				0	84 km
Pearce		45	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	99 km
Collie	CIE	unknown				0	101 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kwinana	AUKWI	Coral Sea Islands	72 km
Fremantle	AUFRE	Coral Sea Islands	79 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Serpentine Reservoir	Serpentine	Serpentine	1961	36 km
Banksiadale	South Dandalup	South Dandalup	1974	45 km
Canning Reservoir	Canning	Canning	1940	48 km
Wungong Reservoir	Wungong	Wungong Brook	1979	49 km
Victoria Reservoir	New Victoria	Munday Brook	1991	61 km
Navarino	Waroona	Drakes Brook	1966	61 km
	Mundaring Weir	Helena	1959	64 km
Brockman	Logue Brook	Logue Brook	1963	73 km
Stirling Reservoir	Stirling	Harvey	1948	82 km
	Worsley Pipehead		1983	93 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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