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Wildfire near Broome, Australia

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GDACS has tracked this wildfire near Broome, Australia since November 7, 2026, 1 day as of its latest update on November 7. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected. Satellites put the burned area at 50,619 acres (20,485 hectares, 205 km²), roughly 3.5 times the size of Manhattan, or about 38,348 American football fields.

TypeWildfire
GDACS alertGreen
CountryAustralia
SinceNov 7, 2026
Tracked for1 days
Burned area20,485 ha · 50,619 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.

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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