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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
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Quick facts
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Managed by the Rural Fire Service, the Market Fire Trail Appin wildfire burning in Wollondilly, Australia, has been successfully contained.
Amid a broader national landscape where 17,648,956 hectares have burned so far in 2026—running 49% below the two-decade average—this incident occurred during the region's typical fire season, which spans from December to March.
The bigger picture in Australia
Across Australia, roughly 17,648,956 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 49% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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