EndedUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

Downside Bushfire

Downside Bushfire — Sentinel-2 true color Downside Bushfire — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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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

Key facts

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service
JurisdictionRural Fire Service

The story so far

The Rural Fire Service responded to a wildfire near Downside, Australia, which has now ended. Typically, the region experiences its fire season from December to March.

Broader national figures for 2026 show that 18,884,057 hectares have burned so far, tracking 46% below the two-decade average.

The bigger picture in Australia

Across Australia, roughly 18,884,057 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 46% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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