Fire near McKinlay (QLD)
Near an official incident
Very intense fire near McKinlay (QLD), first detected 30 Sep 2026 and last seen . It has been picked up by 92 satellite detections, peaking at 768 MW.
- Status
- Recent
- First detected
- 30 Sep 2026, 08:27 UTC
- Last detected
- 30 Sep 2026, 20:17 UTC
- Duration
- 11.8 h
- Detections
- 92
- Peak intensity (FRP)
- 768 MW
- Peaked at
- 30 Sep, 19:37 UTC
- Fire footprint
- 8.0 km × 8.9 km
- Detection sources
- 92 DEA
- State
- QLD
- Confirmation
- Official
- Data source
- DEA
Satellite before & after
High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.
Before · 2026-09-25
After · 2026-09-30
Short-wave infrared: smoke turns transparent and active flames / burnt ground stand out.Normalised Burn Ratio: recently burnt land shown in red / orange.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem
Official incident details
- Warning level
- Information
- Type
- Fire
- Status
- FIRE VEGETATION
- Agency
- QFD
- Updated
Crew, appliance and aircraft numbers aren't published in Australia's open incident feeds, so we can't list firefighters here — follow the official source above for operational detail.
Satellite detections — 92 hot spots
This fire is 92 satellite heat detections merged into one event across 1 day (92 DEA). Each row is one satellite pass over a burning pixel — all of them are plotted on the map above, where the most recent detections are ringed in white. Tap any point on the map for its time and intensity, or switch on the heat map (top-right) to see where activity concentrated.
| Time (UTC) | Intensity | Source | Latitude, Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026, 20:17 | 10 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 20:17 | 29 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 20:17 | 24 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 20:07 | 29 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 20:07 | 8 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.972 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 20:07 | 28 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:57 | 13 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:57 | 44 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:57 | 9 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:57 | 32 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:47 | 31 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:47 | 134 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:47 | 54 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.972 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:47 | 72 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.973 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:47 | 185 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:47 | 7 MW | DEA | -20.749, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:47 | 29 MW | DEA | -20.749, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:47 | 9 MW | DEA | -20.690, 141.972 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:37 | 11 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.914 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:37 | 604 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:37 | 768 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.972 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:37 | 233 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.991 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:37 | 41 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:37 | 214 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.973 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:37 | 177 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:37 | 132 MW | DEA | -20.690, 141.952 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:37 | 262 MW | DEA | -20.690, 141.972 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:37 | 118 MW | DEA | -20.690, 141.991 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:27 | 32 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:27 | 207 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:27 | 180 MW | DEA | -20.709, 141.972 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:27 | 11 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.973 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:27 | 12 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:27 | 11 MW | DEA | -20.669, 141.991 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:27 | 157 MW | DEA | -20.690, 141.952 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:27 | 274 MW | DEA | -20.690, 141.972 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 19:27 | 49 MW | DEA | -20.690, 141.991 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 16:25 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.725, 141.931 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 16:25 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.725, 141.936 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 16:25 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.725, 141.931 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 16:25 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.725, 141.936 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.724, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 2 MW | DEA | -20.726, 141.929 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.727, 141.933 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.729, 141.925 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.929 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.737, 141.928 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.737, 141.932 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.738, 141.935 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.724, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 2 MW | DEA | -20.726, 141.929 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.727, 141.933 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.729, 141.925 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.929 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.737, 141.928 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.740, 141.927 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.740, 141.931 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.737, 141.932 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.738, 141.935 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.740, 141.927 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:49 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.740, 141.931 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:41 | — | DEA | -20.722, 141.929 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:41 | — | DEA | -20.726, 141.929 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:05 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.721, 141.931 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:05 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.726, 141.925 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:05 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.726, 141.929 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:05 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.721, 141.932 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:05 | 2 MW | DEA | -20.726, 141.926 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:05 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.727, 141.931 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:05 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.732, 141.929 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:05 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.733, 141.933 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 15:05 | 1 MW | DEA | -20.738, 141.928 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 13:57 | 11 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 13:37 | 12 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.914 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 13:27 | 12 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.914 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 13:07 | 13 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 12:57 | 14 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 12:57 | 12 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.914 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 12:57 | 11 MW | DEA | -20.749, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 12:37 | 18 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 12:37 | 16 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.914 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 12:27 | 11 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.914 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 12:17 | 17 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 12:17 | 13 MW | DEA | -20.730, 141.914 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 09:27 | — | DEA | -20.730, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 09:17 | — | DEA | -20.749, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 09:17 | — | DEA | -20.730, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 09:17 | — | DEA | -20.730, 141.914 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 09:07 | — | DEA | -20.749, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 09:07 | — | DEA | -20.730, 141.934 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 09:07 | — | DEA | -20.730, 141.953 |
| 30 Sep 2026, 08:27 | 13 MW | DEA | -20.749, 141.914 |
This satellite fire has been matched to an official incident (see the warning above). The official advice is the authority — always follow your fire agency, and in an emergency call 000.
Official information for QLD: Queensland Fire Department.
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Frequently asked questions
Is this a real bushfire?
Unless it is marked as matched to an official incident, this is an unconfirmed satellite detection. Satellites detect heat, which can be a bushfire, a hazard-reduction burn or an industrial source. Check the official warnings for confirmation.
What does “peak intensity (FRP)” mean?
FRP (fire radiative power, in megawatts) is how much heat the fire was giving off when a satellite detected it. The peak is the highest reading across all detections — a rough guide to how intense the fire has been.
Why are several nearby detections shown as one fire?
We group satellite detections that are close together in space and time into a single fire event, so a fire front seen across multiple passes appears as one fire rather than scattered dots.
How do I get the official information for this fire?
Follow the official source link on this page (where available) and your state fire agency. In an emergency call 000.