Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 19 Jul 2024 00:00 UTC to 25 Jul 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (9540 ha) in Australia 19 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 1020360
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	19 Jul 2024 - 25 Jul 2024
Duration (days):	6
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9540 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

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24 Jul 11:04 25 Jul 11:04

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	9540	24 Jul 2024 10:01	GWIS
2		0.5	0	9540	25 Jul 2024 10:01	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 and Cooktown.

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
Queensland	Australia	3.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Cooktown	Queensland	Australia	City	-	86 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
Greenvale Miner Lake	GVP	unknown				0	10 km
Laura	LUU	unknown				0	46 km
Laura Station	LUT	unknown				0	54 km
Bizant	BZP	unknown				0	70 km
Koolburra	KKP	unknown				0	71 km
Helenvale	HLV	unknown				0	72 km
Cooktown	CTN	8	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5300	81 km
Bloomfield	BFC	unknown				0	84 km
Bulimba	BIP	unknown				0	92 km
Wrotham Park	WPK	unknown				0	105 km
Lakefield	LFP	unknown				0	106 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Cooktown	AUCTN	Coral Sea Islands	85 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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