Wildfire near Dorrigo (Sep 4 · NE)
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Jurisdiction
- Forestry Corporation of NSW
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Dorrigo, Australia, where the Forestry Corporation of NSW is responding to the blaze. Having started on September 4, 2026, the fire has spread across 16 recent satellite heat detections in the surrounding area, consuming 230 hectares (568 acres).
This incident unfolds during a regional fire season that typically runs from December to March. Meanwhile, the broader national landscape shows 14,008,100 hectares burned so far in 2026, which tracks 60% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Australia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 230 ha (568 acres) — about 2.3 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 14,008,100 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 60% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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