EndedUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

Five Dock Bushfire

Five Dock Bushfire — Sentinel-2 true color Five Dock 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
JurisdictionFire and Rescue NSW

The story so far

Summary written on Oct 31, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Operating in the geographic setting of Five Dock, Australia, the active wildfire near Five Dock continues to be managed by Fire and Rescue NSW.

The local typical fire season runs from December to March. Meanwhile, the broader national landscape in 2026 has seen 18,884,057 hectares burned so far, tracking 46% below the two-decade average.

The bigger picture in Australia

Across Australia, roughly 18,942,375 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 46% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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