ContainedUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

Gilgai Bushfire

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Gilgai Bushfire — Sentinel-2 true color Gilgai 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
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🟠 orange = fire right now

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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Key facts

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service
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The story so far

Near the community of Gilgai in Australia, the Rural Fire Service has successfully contained a local wildfire that developed during the region's typical fire season, which runs from December to March.

This incident unfolds within a broader national landscape where 20,856,548 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 40% below the two-decade average.

The bigger picture in Australia

Across Australia, roughly 20,856,548 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 40% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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