Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 23 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 01 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (25339 ha) in Australia 23 May 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 1014453
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 May 2023 - 16 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	24
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	25339 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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26 May 07:02 27 May 12:02 28 May 12:03 29 May 12:04 30 May 12:06 31 May 12:07 01 Jun 12:07

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5416	26 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	9450	27 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	12115	28 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	14858	29 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	17740	30 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
6	0.5	21322	31 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
7	0.5	25339	01 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
8	0.5	28966	02 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
9	0.5	33316	03 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
10	0.5	41102	04 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
11	0.5	44512	05 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
12	0.5	47498	06 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
13	0.5	51591	07 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
14	0.5	53780	08 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
15	0.5	54454	09 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
16	0.5	54834	10 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
17	0.5	55427	11 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
18	0.5	55560	12 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
19	0.5	56173	16 Jun 2023 08:00	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) .

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	8798 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Western Australia	Australia	1.7 million 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)	Distance
Bedford Downs	BDW	unknown	23 km
Hillside	HLL	unknown	62 km
Tableland	TBL	unknown	68 km
Springvale	ZVG	unknown	81 km
Turkey Creek	TKY	unknown	82 km
Lansdowne	LDW	unknown	84 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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