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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Key facts
Source: Queensland Fire DepartmentThe story so far
Near the city of Blackwater in Australia, a wildfire monitored by the QFD has ended after starting on November 10, 2026. Satellite observations detected 3 heat signatures clustered nearby during the event's monitoring period.
This incident unfolds during a broader fire season that typically runs from December to March. Across the country, a total of 21,026,872 hectares have burned so far in 2026, placing the national burned area 40% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned 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 21,026,872 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 40% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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