Wildfires in Australia today
Hotspots detected by satellite in the Australia area over the past 24 hours.
A satellite hotspot is not a confirmed fire. For incidents and evacuation, follow the fire service and your local emergency agency.
Hotspots
4,000
Australia
Intensity
193 MW
FRP
| Position | When | FRP (MW) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| -12.790, 136.231 | Oct 14, 2026 04:14 UTC | 192.8 | high |
| -12.791, 136.226 | Oct 14, 2026 04:14 UTC | 192.8 | low |
| -12.792, 136.225 | Oct 14, 2026 04:14 UTC | 178.6 | nominal |
| -12.792, 136.229 | Oct 14, 2026 04:14 UTC | 178.6 | low |
| -12.787, 136.229 | Oct 14, 2026 04:14 UTC | 178.6 | high |
| -19.217, 140.283 | Oct 14, 2026 04:12 UTC | 177.6 | nominal |
| -13.369, 142.849 | Oct 15, 2026 03:55 UTC | 174.4 | high |
| -13.370, 142.846 | Oct 15, 2026 03:55 UTC | 174.4 | high |
| -13.365, 142.849 | Oct 15, 2026 03:55 UTC | 174.4 | low |
| -13.366, 142.845 | Oct 15, 2026 03:55 UTC | 174.4 | low |
| -16.820, 142.706 | Oct 15, 2026 03:53 UTC | 166.1 | nominal |
| -13.370, 142.842 | Oct 15, 2026 03:55 UTC | 163.1 | low |
| -13.371, 142.839 | Oct 15, 2026 03:55 UTC | 163.1 | low |
| -13.367, 142.838 | Oct 15, 2026 03:55 UTC | 163.1 | high |
| -21.910, 142.081 | Oct 15, 2026 03:51 UTC | 157.4 | nominal |
| -20.033, 139.870 | Oct 14, 2026 04:12 UTC | 152.0 | nominal |
| -17.399, 135.282 | Oct 14, 2026 04:14 UTC | 149.4 | nominal |
| -17.400, 135.278 | Oct 14, 2026 04:14 UTC | 149.4 | nominal |
| -22.539, 142.251 | Oct 15, 2026 03:51 UTC | 148.3 | nominal |
| -21.589, 139.527 | Oct 15, 2026 03:51 UTC | 147.9 | nominal |
| -12.786, 136.230 | Oct 14, 2026 04:14 UTC | 140.0 | nominal |
| -12.786, 136.226 | Oct 14, 2026 04:14 UTC | 140.0 | low |
| -16.696, 144.665 | Oct 14, 2026 04:14 UTC | 139.8 | nominal |
| -16.887, 122.915 | Oct 14, 2026 05:53 UTC | 138.8 | low |
| -20.042, 139.875 | Oct 14, 2026 04:12 UTC | 133.1 | nominal |
| -21.911, 142.070 | Oct 15, 2026 03:51 UTC | 130.2 | nominal |
| -22.540, 142.248 | Oct 15, 2026 03:51 UTC | 124.5 | nominal |
| -22.724, 142.610 | Oct 15, 2026 03:51 UTC | 116.0 | nominal |
| -22.719, 142.609 | Oct 15, 2026 03:51 UTC | 116.0 | high |
| -17.406, 135.266 | Oct 14, 2026 04:14 UTC | 114.3 | low |
Position
-44.1° / -11.3° lat, 113.4° / 154.7° lon
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How to read this page
How to read the fire-detection count
Australia has 4,000 fire detections from satellite in this page’s window; the count rises and falls with satellite passes, it isn’t continuous.
Where this data comes from
Satellite fire detections from NASA’s FIRMS, with low/medium/high confidence per point.
What detection doesn’t tell you
Dense smoke or cloud hide active fires from the satellite; a low count can mean an unseen fire, not an absent one.
Words on this page
FRP (fire radiative power)
The energy released by a fire detection, in megawatts, measured by satellite from the infrared brightness of the burn. A higher FRP means a more intense fire in that satellite pixel, not necessarily a bigger one: a small, very hot fire can outscore a large, weak one.
Standard definition by NASA FIRMS — Fire Information for Resource Management System · FRP (fire radiative power)
Preliminary data
A measurement published as soon as it is collected, before the agency’s final review. It can be corrected or withdrawn: earthquake magnitudes shift in the first hours, air-quality readings are revised weeks later. Use it to plan your day, not for regulatory or legal purposes.
Data from 10/16/26, 12:28 AM UTC
- NASA FIRMS — VIIRS (Suomi NPP), focos das últimas 24 hLicence: Dados abertos da NASA (política de compartilhamento pleno e aberto) · Credit: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS / Suomi NPP)Um foco de calor detectado por satélite não é um incêndio confirmado.
- GeoNames cities15000Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Credit: Dados de cidades: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
- Dados de cidades: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
How to read these numbers
The count is the number of hot pixels in the Australia coordinate box, not the number of fires: a single large fire front produces dozens of hotspots.
Frequently asked questions
- How many hotspots are there in Australia today?
- The highlighted number is the count of hot pixels in the past 24 hours inside the queried area, with the time of each detection in the table.
- Where can I see the fire on a map?
- Every row carries the latitude and longitude of the detection, which you can open in any map. The source link leads to the official FIRMS map.