Bushfire map Australia

Bushfires in Australia right now

Updated Sun, 25 Oct 2026 18:41:00 GMT

244 fire clusters detected in Australia in the last 24 h Most active: remote Northern Territory, 779 km SSW of Darwin (141 detections).

Active fires in Australia from NASA's VIIRS satellite hotspots, grouped into clusters and named by the nearest city.

Fire clusters: 244 last 24 h
Hotspot detections: 3,844
Intense clusters (100+ MW): 11
Most active fire: remote Northern Territory, 779 km SSW of Darwin 141 detections
Most affected region: Northern Territory 162 clusters

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Active fires in Australia

Satellites detected 3,844 thermal hotspots in Australia in the last 24 h, grouped into 244 fire clusters. 11 clusters reached an intense fire radiative power above 100 MW.

The most active fire is remote Northern Territory, 779 km SSW of Darwin with 141 detections and a peak of 133 MW, last seen Mon 3:58 am local time.

By region, Northern Territory has 162 clusters (3,290 detections), Queensland has 58 clusters (430 detections), Western Australia has 13 clusters (100 detections).

Fires are assigned to the country of the nearest listed city, so a fire close to a border can appear under the neighbour.

Fires by state

State	Fire clusters	Significant	Detections	Peak FRP
Northern Territory	162	130	3,290	312 MW
Queensland	58	34	430	72 MW
Western Australia	13	11	100	118 MW
Victoria	6	1	11	2 MW
South Australia	3	1	5	2 MW
New South Wales	2	1	8	9 MW
Australian Capital Territory	0	0	0	—
Tasmania	0	0	0	—

Largest fire clusters

Fire cluster	Region	Detections	Peak FRP	Last seen (local)
remote Northern Territory, 779 km SSW of Darwin	Northern Territory	141	133 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 798 km SSW of Darwin	Northern Territory	140	312 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 703 km SSE of Palmerston	Northern Territory	117	170 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 981 km S of Palmerston	Northern Territory	88	124 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 633 km SW of Darwin	Northern Territory	182	145 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 543 km ESE of Palmerston	Northern Territory	101	77 MW	Sun 3:08 pm
remote Northern Territory, 933 km SW of Darwin	Northern Territory	115	200 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 560 km SSE of Palmerston	Northern Territory	60	191 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 362 km SSW of Darwin	Northern Territory	127	46 MW	Mon 3:56 am
remote Northern Territory, 954 km SSW of Darwin	Northern Territory	177	31 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 593 km SW of Darwin	Northern Territory	47	124 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Queensland, 722 km WSW of Townsville	Queensland	45	59 MW	Mon 2:18 am
remote Western Australia, 1184 km NE of Geraldton	Western Australia	24	118 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 656 km SW of Darwin	Northern Territory	47	73 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 381 km SSE of Palmerston	Northern Territory	36	72 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 728 km S of Palmerston	Northern Territory	35	46 MW	Sun 4:46 pm
remote Northern Territory, 618 km SSW of Darwin	Northern Territory	60	32 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Queensland, 709 km WSW of Cairns	Queensland	43	72 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 535 km SSE of Palmerston	Northern Territory	60	39 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 568 km SSW of Darwin	Northern Territory	43	34 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 553 km SSE of Palmerston	Northern Territory	22	62 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 893 km SSE of Palmerston	Northern Territory	64	24 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 976 km SSW of Darwin	Northern Territory	55	52 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 721 km SSE of Palmerston	Northern Territory	33	78 MW	Mon 3:58 am
remote Northern Territory, 508 km SSW of Darwin	Northern Territory	29	75 MW	Mon 3:58 am

Cities with fires within 80 km

Wildfires near Darwin nearest 12 km W
Wildfires near Melbourne nearest 15 km W
Wildfires near Perth nearest 28 km N
Wildfires near Maitland nearest 32 km W
Wildfires near Geelong nearest 51 km NE
Wildfires near Rockhampton nearest 57 km W
Wildfires near Newcastle nearest 58 km WNW

Official information

Bushfire warnings in Australia are issued by state services. Follow the Australian Warning System levels (Advice, Watch and Act, Emergency Warning).

Satellite thermal hotspots are not all wildfires: gas flares, steel works, volcanoes and planned agricultural or prescribed burns show up too. VIIRS passes over most places about twice a day, so a fire can start or grow between passes, and thick smoke or cloud can hide one.

Fires in other countries

Data: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS active fires), Open-Meteo, GeoNames.