Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 22 May 2024 00:00 UTC to 24 May 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5966 ha) in Australia 22 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 1019777
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	22 May 2024 - 24 May 2024
Duration (days):	2
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5966 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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24 May 09:00 25 May 09:00

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5422	24 May 2024 08:01	GWIS
2		0.5	0	5966	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 Collie, Harvey, Waroona, Dwellingup, Narrogin, Eaton, Bunbury, Pinjarra, Wagin, Pingelly, and Kojonup.

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	759 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Western Australia	Australia	1.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Collie	Western Australia	Australia	City	6300 people	37 km
Harvey	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	55 km
Waroona	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	61 km
Dwellingup	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	62 km
Narrogin	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	70 km
Eaton	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	73 km
Bunbury	Western Australia	Australia	City	26000 people	80 km
Pinjarra	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	80 km
Wagin	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	83 km
Pingelly	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	90 km
Bridgetown	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	95 km
Mandurah	Western Australia	Australia	City	73000 people	97 km
Kojonup	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	99 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
Collie	CIE	unknown				0	37 km
Narrogin	NRG	unknown				0	69 km
Bunbury	BUY	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3300	78 km
Murray Field		17				0	93 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Bunbury	AUBUY	Coral Sea Islands	79 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Stirling Reservoir	Stirling	Harvey	1948	41 km
	Worsley Pipehead		1983	42 km
Brockman	Logue Brook	Logue Brook	1963	49 km
Wellington Reservoir	Wellington	Collie	1960	53 km
Navarino	Waroona	Drakes Brook	1966	57 km
Banksiadale	South Dandalup	South Dandalup	1974	69 km
Serpentine Reservoir	Serpentine	Serpentine	1961	90 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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