Fire near Queenstown
Status: ✓ Confirmed
This fire is confirmed by repeated, intense satellite detections (or by a Fire and Emergency NZ incident).
⚠️ The fires shown are automatic satellite heat detections from NASA FIRMS. They are not verified on the ground and are not 100% accurate — they can include false alarms (industrial heat, burn-offs) or miss small or cloud-covered fires. Do not use this map for safety decisions; always follow Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
Satellite before & after
High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.
Before · 2026-10-02
After · 2026-10-22
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
Satellite detections — 3
| Time | Intensity (MW) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2026 02:17 UTC | 10 | firms |
| 23 Oct 2026 02:56 UTC | 15 | firms |
| 23 Oct 2026 03:15 UTC | 3 | firms |
Official & data sources
NIWA Fire Weather ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) ↗