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Wildfire near Camooweal, Australia

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GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Camooweal, Australia since October 21, 2026, 1 day as of its latest update on October 22. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 66,165 acres (26,776 hectares, 268 km²), roughly 4.5 times the size of Manhattan, or about 50,125 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountryAustralia
SinceOct 21, 2026
Tracked for1 days
Burned area26,776 ha · 66,163 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, Satellite view · October 22, 2026
Satellite view · October 22, 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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