Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 20 Jul 2024 00:00 UTC to 22 Jul 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5566 ha) in Australia 20 Jul 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 1020295
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	20 Jul 2024 - 24 Jul 2024
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5566 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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22 Jul 11:00

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5566	22 Jul 2024 10:01	GWIS
2	0.5	5688	22 Jul 2024 14:01	GWIS
3	0.5	5727	22 Jul 2024 22:01	GWIS
4	0.5	7644	23 Jul 2024 10:00	GWIS
5	0.5	7735	24 Jul 2024 10:01	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	<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
Northern Territory	Australia	160000 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
Kununurra	KNX	44	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	46 km
Carlton Hill	CRY	unknown				0	47 km
Wyndham	WYN	4	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	5200	69 km
Newry	NRY	unknown				0	99 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Wyndham	AUWYN	Coral Sea Islands	73 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Argyle	Ord River	Ord	1971	83 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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