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Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Key facts
Source: Queensland Fire DepartmentThe story so far
About 10 km north of Rosevale.
Burning near Rosevale, Australia, an active wildfire has been tracked by the QFD since it started on November 5, 2026, amid a typical fire season that generally runs from December to March. Satellites have registered five heat detections over the past forty-eight hours, illustrating the current extent of the fire's spread in the area.
Nationwide, the broader wildfire context shows that 19,515,591 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 44% below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Australia for 1 day.
In the Southern Hemisphere the season runs the other way, peaking roughly from November through March.
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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