EndedUpdated · Source: Queensland Fire Department

Malanda Bushfire

Started

Lasted
1 day
from Nov 6, 2026
Malanda Bushfire — Sentinel-2 true color Malanda 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: Queensland Fire Department
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The story so far

A wildfire that burned near Malanda, Australia, monitored by the QFD, has now ended after starting on November 6, 2026. Satellite observations from NASA FIRMS recorded a heat detection associated with the incident over the 48-hour window.

This event occurred within a broader landscape where Australia's typical fire season runs from December to March. Across the country, 19,515,591 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 44% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Australia for less than a day.

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 19,515,591 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 44% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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