Coen Bushfire (Sep 16), QLD (2026)

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Coen Bushfire (Sep 16) — Sentinel-2 true color

Coen Bushfire (Sep 16) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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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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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

Active fires nearby2 · 100 km

19KM SWWildfire near Coen (Oct 15)39KM NWWildfire near Wolvertonabout 100 ha (estimated)

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Official warning

No official warning in placeThe fire service has not issued a warning for this fire. If it does, it will show here.

Source: Queensland Fire Department · 21 Oct, 10:56 (Brisbane time) See the official warning →

Quick facts

Jurisdiction: QFD

A fast-developing wildfire remains active near Coen, Australia, with monitoring systems tracking its ongoing spread. Managed under the response of the QFD agency, the fire has been burning since September 16, 2026, maintaining an active status as response efforts continue.

Surrounding the active fire front, satellite observations over the past 48 hours have registered 10 distinct heat detections clustered nearby, illustrating the current scale of thermal activity associated with the incident.

This incident occurs within a broader national context where 17,648,956 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, a figure that sits 49% below the two-decade average. For this region, the typical fire season spans from December to March.