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Active Fire Zone — 416 satellite detections (24h)

severe

Not rated by source. NASA FIRMS does not publish a severity for this; the level shown is our own classification.

Source

NASA FIRMS — where this came from

Time

17 August 2026, 17:09 UTC (Aug 17, 2026)

Area

Australia
-19.621, 135.267

What this is

This is an automated observation, not a warning. Nobody has assessed it and no authority has issued instructions based on it.

General safety information

No authority has issued instructions for this event. The guidance below is general background reading, not a response to it.

Defensible space, evacuation go-bags, smoke protection, and returning home safely after a wildfire.
Full wildfire safety guide

Who to contact

Bureau of Meteorology warnings · Geoscience Australia — Earthquakes

This site is not an emergency service and does not issue warnings.

Location

No map is loaded here. A map means downloading image tiles from another service, which is the slowest thing on the full page and the first thing to fail on a weak connection. The coordinates are above if you need them.