Started on Oct 5, 2026.
Australia todayLive
Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Burning near Lajamanu, Australia, an active 130-hectare (321-acre) wildfire that started on October 5, 2026, continues to progress while satellites pick up a moderate heat signature from the front, alongside five thermal detections clustered nearby over the last 48 hours.
This incident unfolds during a broader national landscape where 16,465,924 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 53 percent below the two-decade average, even though the region's typical fire season does not peak until December to March.
In context
This wildfire burned in Australia for 2 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 km².
Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.
The bigger picture in Australia
Across Australia, roughly 16,724,854 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 52% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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