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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now
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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
- Fire and Rescue NSW
A wildfire burning near Wangi Wangi, Australia, has been successfully contained through the coordinated response efforts of Fire and Rescue NSW.
The broader Australian landscape has experienced a significant extent of fire activity, with 17,648,956 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 49 percent below the country's two-decade average.
Typically, the region experiences its fire season from December to March.
The bigger picture in Australia
Across Australia, roughly 17,648,956 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 49% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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