Started on Oct 12, 2026.
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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
Burning near Maningrida, Australia, an active wildfire has expanded to cover 150 hectares (371 acres) since igniting on October 11, 2026. Over its two days of activity, the blaze has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 75 hectares per day. Satellite monitoring currently reveals a moderate heat intensity emanating from the burning front, with six separate heat detections picked up by NASA FIRMS over the past 48 hours, indicating the extent of the active spread across the landscape.
This incident unfolds during a regional context where the typical fire season runs from December to March. On a broader national scale, Australia has recorded 16,868,707 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 51% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Australia for 2 days. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 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 17,192,160 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 51% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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