Started on Sep 18, 2026.
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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
Quick facts
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- Rural Fire Service
Burning near Stanthorpe in Australia, an active wildfire has scorched 150 hectares (371 acres) since it started on September 18, 2026. The Rural Fire Service is managing the incident, while satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the peak fire radiative power, accompanied by six heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the current spread.
This event unfolds during a broader national landscape where 14,968,045 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 57 percent below the two-decade average. This activity falls outside the region's typical fire season, which generally runs from December to March.
In context
This wildfire burned in Australia for 2 days. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 km².
In the Southern Hemisphere the season runs the other way, peaking roughly from November through March.
The bigger picture in Australia
Across Australia, roughly 16,793,664 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 52% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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