Wildfires in Australia
1,916 wildfires have been recorded in Australia by Global Incident Tracker, 1,916 of them in 2026. The most recent was on 10 October 2026. These are incidents our sources reported, not an official national total.
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Today (UTC)
387
Last 7 days
1,916
In 2026
1,916
Total recorded
Continuous monitoring began 9 August 2026. These counters show what we have recorded since then, not everything that happened.
Most recent wildfires in Australia
Forest fires in Australia
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 123 satellite hotspots
Severe
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 10 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 22 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 15 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 16 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 12 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 11 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 10 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 10 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 10 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 10 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 12 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 15 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster 187 km NW of Cairns, Australia — 20 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 12 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster 4 km SSW of Wollongong City Centre, Australia — 11 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 177 satellite hotspots
Severe
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 34 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 11 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster 180 km SSW of Darwin, Australia — 11 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 10 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 13 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 14 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 20 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 19 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 46 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 15 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 31 satellite hotspots
Moderate
Active fire cluster detected in Australia — 12 satellite hotspots
Moderate
When they happen
September carries the most wildfires we hold for Australia — 1249 of 1,916. This is when incidents were reported, so read a quiet month as either a quiet month or thin reporting.
| Month | Recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | |
| February | 0 | |
| March | 0 | |
| April | 0 | |
| May | 0 | |
| June | 0 | |
| July | 3 | |
| August | 41 | |
| September | 1249 | |
| October | 623 | |
| November | 0 | |
| December | 0 |
Where this data comes from
Wildfires have official real-time feeds, and ours come from NASA FIRMS · NASA EONET · GDACS · Meteoalarm.