ActiveUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

Mathoura Bushfire

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Mathoura Bushfire — Sentinel-2 true color Mathoura 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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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Key facts

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service
JurisdictionRural Fire Service

The story so far

An active wildfire is currently burning near Mathoura, Australia, under the management of the Rural Fire Service. The fire is situated within a region where the typical fire season runs from December to March.

The broader fire landscape in Australia remains significant, with 19,515,591 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that sits 44% below the two-decade average for the country.

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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