EndedUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

Barratta Bushfire

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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 responded to a wildfire near Barratta, Australia, which has now ended. Typically, the fire season in this region runs from December to March.

Across the country, 21,612,511 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 38% below the two-decade average.

The bigger picture in Australia

Across Australia, roughly 21,773,050 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 37% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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