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Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Key facts
The story so far
An active wildfire is burning near Black River in Australia, managed by Sustainable Timber Tasmania since it started on November 11, 2026. Satellites have registered a single heat detection over the past 48 hours, indicating the current localized footprint of the incident in a region where the typical fire season runs from December to March.
This fire occurs within a broader national context where 21,163,141 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 39% below the two-decade average for the same period.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Australia for less than a day.
In the Southern Hemisphere the season runs the other way, peaking roughly from November through March.
The bigger picture in Australia
Across Australia, roughly 21,163,141 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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