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Wildfire near Newcastle Waters, Australia

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GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Newcastle Waters, Australia since October 17, 2026, 7 days as of its latest update on October 24. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 56,090 acres (22,699 hectares, 227 km²), roughly 3.8 times the size of Manhattan, or about 42,493 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountryAustralia
SinceOct 17, 2026
Tracked for7 days
Burned area22,699 ha · 56,089 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 17, 2026
When tracking began · October 17, 2026
Satellite picture, Latest · October 23, 2026
Latest · October 23, 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.

Did you know?

Africa’s fires. Africa burns more than any other continent: its savannas account for roughly 70 percent of the area burned worldwide each year.

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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