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Wildfire near Weipa, Australia

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Map: Wildfire near Weipa, Australia

GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Weipa, Australia since October 21, 2026, 9 days as of its latest update on October 30. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 49,888 acres (20,189 hectares, 202 km²), roughly 3.4 times the size of Manhattan, or about 37,794 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountryAustralia
SinceOct 21, 2026
Tracked for9 days
Burned area20,189 ha · 49,888 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 21, 2026
When tracking began · October 21, 2026
Satellite picture, Latest · October 29, 2026
Latest · October 29, 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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