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Wildfire near Yulara, Australia

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Map: Wildfire near Yulara, Australia

GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Yulara, Australia since October 10, 2026, 10 days as of its latest update on October 20. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 77,408 acres (31,326 hectares, 313 km²), roughly 5.3 times the size of Manhattan, or about 58,643 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountryAustralia
SinceOct 10, 2026
Tracked for10 days
Burned area31,326 ha · 77,407 acres
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How the size is measured

GDACS estimates burned areas from satellite data, so the figures cover the whole fire complex and may include several fires burning close together.

Seen from space

Satellite picture, When tracking began · October 10, 2026
When tracking began · October 10, 2026
Satellite picture, Latest · October 20, 2026
Latest · October 20, 2026

True color from the VIIRS instrument on the NOAA-20 satellite. Red dots are fires detected by their heat; smoke shows as gray-brown haze. The ring marks where the event was reported. Pictures: NASA Worldview (GIBS) from the daily satellite passes; clouds can hide the ground on some days.

GDACS report. Source: GDACS, the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System of the United Nations and the European Commission (CC BY 4.0).

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