Started on Sep 6, 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
Quick facts
- Jurisdiction
- Rural Fire Service
An active 250-hectare (618-acre) wildfire continues to burn near Tenterfield, Australia, with satellites picking up a low heat signature from the fire front alongside ten recent heat detections nearby over the last 48 hours. Managed by the Rural Fire Service since it started on September 6, 2026, the incident unfolds within a country that has seen 14,175,608 hectares burn so far in 2026, tracking 59 percent below the two-decade average.
This activity occurs well ahead of the region's typical fire season, which runs from December to March.
In context
This wildfire burned in Australia for 2 days. In total it burned about 250 ha (618 acres) — around 2.5 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 17,369,357 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 50% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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