Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Key facts
Source: Queensland Fire DepartmentThe story so far
About 5 km southeast of Kabra.
The wildfire that began on November 8, 2026, near Kabra, Australia, has ended, bringing a close to an incident monitored by the QFD. Satellites detected three heat signatures nearby over the final 48 hours of tracking, indicating the lingering thermal footprint of the event before activity ceased.
This incident occurred during a broader national fire landscape in which 20,25,462 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 42% below the two-decade average. The region's typical fire season runs from December to March.
In context
This wildfire burned in Australia for less than a day.
In the Southern Hemisphere the season runs the other way, peaking roughly from November through March.
The bigger picture in Australia
Across Australia, roughly 20,025,462 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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