EndedUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

West Wallsend Bushfire

West Wallsend Bushfire — Sentinel-2 true color West Wallsend 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.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 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

Summary written on Oct 25, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

A wildfire is currently active near West Wallsend, Australia, managed by the Rural Fire Service.

Australia typically experiences its fire season from December to March, and the broader country has seen 18,464,154 hectares burned so far in 2026, which sits 47% below the two-decade average.

The bigger picture in Australia

Across Australia, roughly 18,464,154 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 47% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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