EndedUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

Canton Beach 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 31, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Fire and Rescue NSW has successfully contained a wildfire burning near Canton Beach, Australia. This regional incident occurred within a typical fire season that spans from December to March.

Across the country, the wider landscape has seen 18,942,375 hectares burned so far in 2026, a total that sits 46% below the two-decade average for the same period.

The bigger picture in Australia

Across Australia, roughly 18,942,375 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 46% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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