EndedUpdated · Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

Willmot Bushfire (undated #2)

Willmot Bushfire (undated #2) — Sentinel-2 true color Willmot Bushfire (undated #2) — 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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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Key facts

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service
JurisdictionRural Fire Service

The story so far

The Rural Fire Service responded to a wildfire near Willmot, Australia, an event that has now ended. During the period when satellites were monitoring the area, only two heat detections were recorded over a 48-hour window, reflecting the limited scope of the incident in this geographic setting.

Australia typically experiences its fire season from December to March. Across the broader national landscape in 2026, a total of 19,011,480 hectares have burned so far, placing the overall burned area forty-five percent below the two-decade average for the country.

The bigger picture in Australia

Across Australia, roughly 19,011,480 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 45% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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