Australia Fires Map Today
The hotspot map updates every 2 to 4 hours, depending on satellite availability.
Australia fires map today. An average maximum of 40.9c was recorded on 17 december, broken a day later by 41.9c, both beating 2013's record of 40.3c. Nasa satellites are providing a detailed look at the wildfires that started blazing in australia in november 2019, and the images paint a frightening picture of climate change. Where are the fires burning in australia?
Australia's most populous state has declared the highest fire emergency as worsening conditions are expected in the coming day. Please refer to the legend. The colour of the icon does not indicate the severity of a fire.
The information on this website is not intended to be used to make decisions about active fires. This page displays all bush and grass fires attended by fire services in nsw and other incidents attended by nsw rfs volunteers. Australia has been battling its worst bushfire season since september, with fires killing 29 people and destroying thousands of homes.
Incident maps may differ from the update time of each incident. Get updates on road closures, fire maps, bushfire warnings and safety advice from rfs. Find out when and where the department for environment and water prescribed burns are happening.
The tool lists bushfires burning across australia. The map below shows thermal activity detected by nasa satellites between january 5. Professor ray wills, of the university of western australia, produced a map that showed the size of the area burned by fires, if transplanted to the uk, would have scorched most of england, from.
Another widely shared map of flame icons dotted across the country claims to show all the fires burning in australia. Australia 2019/20 (63,000 km²) amazon 2019 (9,060 km²). Myfirewatch map symbology has been updated.