Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 01 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC to 02 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (7011 ha) in Australia 01 Jun 2023

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 1014559
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	01 Jun 2023 - 02 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	1
People affected:	76 in the burned area
Burned area:	7011 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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01 Jun 12:00 02 Jun 12:00

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	57	6007	01 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
2		0.5	76	7011	02 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of Queensland (population 3,107,362) . The nearest places are Cairns, Mareeba, Atherton, and Gordonvale.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	4412 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Queensland	Australia	3.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mareeba	Queensland	Australia	City	8400 people	28 km
Atherton	Queensland	Australia	City	6900 people	55 km
Cairns	Queensland	Australia	Major city	150000 people	61 km
Gordonvale	Queensland	Australia	City	-	67 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
Mareeba	MRG	475	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4900	34 km
Port Douglas	PTI	unknown				0	48 km
Cairns	CNS	3	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10400	59 km
Chillagoe	LLG	338	Civ.	Paved	No	3000	78 km
Bloomfield	BFC	unknown				0	105 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Port Souglas		Coral Sea Islands	49 km
Cairns	AUCNS	Coral Sea Islands	60 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Tinaroo Falls	Barron	1958	51 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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