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Wildfire near Newman, Australia

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GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Newman, Australia since October 20, 2026, 5 days as of its latest update on October 25. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 145,498 acres (58,881 hectares, 589 km²), roughly 10 times the size of Manhattan, or about 110,226 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountryAustralia
SinceOct 20, 2026
Tracked for5 days
Burned area58,881 ha · 145,498 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 20, 2026
When tracking began · October 20, 2026
Satellite picture, Latest · October 25, 2026
Latest · October 25, 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?

Quieter nights. Fires usually calm down at night, when the air cools and humidity rises. Crews often make their biggest gains then, unless the night stays dry and windy.

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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