ContainedUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

Booral Bushfire

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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

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Source: NSW Rural Fire Service
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The story so far

About 10 km southwest of Booral.

A wildfire burning near Booral, Australia, has been successfully contained by the Rural Fire Service. The fire season in this region typically runs from December to March.

Across the country, the wider landscape has seen 21,163,141 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 39 percent below the two-decade average.

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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