Started on Oct 18, 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
An active wildfire spanning 330 ha (815 acres) has been burning near Newcastle Waters, Australia, since its start on 2026-10-18. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, alongside 13 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.
This incident unfolds against a wider national backdrop where 17,369,357 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 50% below the two-decade average. For this region, the typical fire season spans from December to March.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Australia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 330 ha (815 acres) — about 3.3 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 17,369,357 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 50% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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