Started on Oct 14, 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
An active wildfire spanning 700 hectares (1,730 acres) has been burning near the Dampier Peninsula in Australia since October 14, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the incident, alongside 30 heat detections over the past 48 hours indicating how far the fire has spread across the landscape.
This event occurs within a broader national context where 17,019,971 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, a figure that sits 51% below the two-decade average. In this region, the typical fire season runs from December to March.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Australia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 700 ha (1,730 acres) — about 7.0 km².
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 17,019,971 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 51% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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