EndedUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

Kenthurst Bushfire

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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

About 5 km west of Kenthurst.

Summary written on Oct 24, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

A wildfire burning near Kenthurst, Australia, has been successfully contained by the Rural Fire Service. Despite the threat, satellite monitoring over the past 48 hours has detected only two heat signatures in the immediate area, indicating that the fire front has stabilized and is no longer spreading.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from December to March. On a broader scale, Australia has seen 18,138,120 hectares burned so far in 2026, a total that remains 48% below the two-decade average for the country.

The bigger picture in Australia

Across Australia, roughly 18,288,371 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 47% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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