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Wildfire near Coutts Crossing

Ended · 100 hectares (247 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
100Hectares247Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 10, 2026.

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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

Quick facts

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Rural Fire Service

Burning near Coutts Crossing, Australia, an active wildfire managed by the Rural Fire Service has consumed 100 ha (247 acres) since it started on 2026-09-09. Over its two days burning, the fire has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 50 ha/day.

Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the blaze, accompanied by 13 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from December to March. Nationally, 14,398,867 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 59% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Australia for 2 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 km².

In the Southern Hemisphere the season runs the other way, peaking roughly from November through March.

The bigger picture in Australia

Across Australia, roughly 14,626,079 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 58% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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