Started on Sep 30, 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
Burning near Wayillinypa in Australia, a 130-hectare (321-acre) wildfire remains active after starting on September 30, 2026. Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the peak fire radiative power, alongside 19 heat detections clustering nearby over the last 48 hours.
This incident unfolds during a regional fire season that typically spans from December to March. Meanwhile, the broader national landscape shows 16,072,969 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 54% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Australia for 1 day. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 km².
Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.
The bigger picture in Australia
Across Australia, roughly 17,192,160 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 51% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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