EndedUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

Utungun Bushfire

Utungun Bushfire — Sentinel-2 true color Utungun 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.

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🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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Key facts

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service
JurisdictionRural Fire Service

The story so far

A wildfire that burned near Utungun, Australia, under the response of the Rural Fire Service, has now ended. The fire occurred within a region where the typical fire season runs from December to March.

Nationwide, the broader context reveals that 21,612,511 hectares have burned so far in 2026, which sits 38% below the two-decade average for the country.

The bigger picture in Australia

Across Australia, roughly 21,773,050 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 37% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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