ContainedUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

Austral Bushfire

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Austral Bushfire — Sentinel-2 true color Austral Bushfire — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
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

Key facts

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service
JurisdictionRural Fire Service

The story so far

The Rural Fire Service has successfully contained the wildfire near Austral, Australia, bringing operations to a close in a region where the typical fire season runs from December to March.

Satellite monitoring over the 48-hour window captured two heat detections in the vicinity, marking the residual footprint of the incident as response crews secured the perimeter.

Broader national figures place the wider context into perspective, with 18,288,371 hectares burned so far in 2026, tracking 47% below the two-decade average.

The bigger picture in Australia

Across Australia, roughly 18,288,371 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 47% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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