Started on Oct 14, 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
Intense satellite heat signatures are currently being picked up along the active front of a wildfire burning near Wolverton, Australia, where 25 heat detections over the past 48 hours trace the spread of the flames.
Having started on October 14, 2026, the fire has grown to encompass 630 hectares, which translates to 1,557 acres.
This incident unfolds during a regional fire season that typically spans from December to March. On a broader national scale, 17,019,971 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 51 percent below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Australia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 630 ha (1,557 acres) — about 6.3 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 17,019,971 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 51% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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