EndedUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

Belmont South 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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Key facts

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service
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The story so far

Summary written on Oct 29, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Fire and Rescue NSW is responding to an active wildfire burning near Belmont South in Australia, operating within a regional fire season that typically runs from December to March.

The broader national landscape highlights a quieter than average year for blazes, with 18,748,890 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a 46% decrease compared to the two-decade average.

The bigger picture in Australia

Across Australia, roughly 18,817,633 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 46% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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