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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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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Key facts
Source: NSW Rural Fire ServiceThe story so far
Summary written on Nov 12, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.
A wildfire is currently active near Londonderry, Australia, managed by the Rural Fire Service. The local fire season typically runs from December to March.
Satellite monitoring over the past 48 hours shows a single heat detection associated with the fire front. This incident occurs within a broader national context where 21,163,141 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 39% below the two-decade average.
The bigger picture in Australia
Across Australia, roughly 21,163,141 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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