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
Source: Queensland Fire DepartmentThe story so far
About 15 km north of Bloomsbury.
Having started on November 11, 2026, a wildfire near Bloomsbury, Australia, managed by the QFD, has now ended. While this incident has concluded, Australia's broader wildfire landscape for the year shows a total of 21,163,141 hectares burned so far in 2026, which sits thirty-nine percent below the country's two-decade average. Typically, the region experiences its fire season from December to March.
In context
This wildfire burned in Australia for less than a day.
Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.
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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