ContainedUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

Hebden Bushfire

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Hebden Bushfire — Sentinel-2 true color Hebden 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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Key facts

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service
JurisdictionRural Fire Service

The story so far

Contained in Australia near Hebden, a wildfire is currently managed by the Rural Fire Service. Satellites have registered two heat detections in the past 48 hours, marking the current footprint of the incident.

This event unfolds during the typical fire season running from December to March. Across the country, 18,748,890 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 46% below the two-decade average.

The bigger picture in Australia

Across Australia, roughly 18,748,890 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 46% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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