EndedUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

Barellan Bushfire

Barellan Bushfire — Sentinel-2 true color Barellan Bushfire — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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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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Key facts

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service
JurisdictionRural Fire Service

The story so far

About 10 km east of Barellan.

Summary written on Nov 3, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

A wildfire is currently active near Barellan, Australia, monitored by the Rural Fire Service. The fire is situated in a region where the typical fire season runs from December to March.

Australia is experiencing a broader wildfire season context, with 19,109,666 hectares burned so far in 2026, which is 45% below the two-decade average.

The bigger picture in Australia

Across Australia, roughly 19,109,666 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 45% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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