Fighting a fire on 15 fronts: NT emergency services face bushfire spate over weekend

Over two days, Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service sent out over 25 alerts warning Territorians about ongoing bushfires.

NT fireys were called out to battle 15 bushfires over two days. Picture: Che Chorley

NT firefighters were forced to battle a hefty amount of flames as bushfires stormed the Territory this weekend.

Over Saturday and Sunday, Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service (NTFRS) deployed crews to 15 different locations in an attempt to bring the flames under control.

Areas impacted covered nearly 300km and included Katherine, Palmerston, Burrundie, Darwin River, Marrakai, Charlotte, Noonamah and Batchelor.

It follows after Bushfires NT and NTFRS revealed they will be deploying drones to help during the Top End’s bushfire season.

The fleet of nine remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) will be used to assist with areas such as detecting fire hot spots and patterns and ariel thermal surveillance.

The incident map of 14 ongoing bushfires in the Northern Territory at 2pm on 29 June, 2025.

During the course of 36 hours over the weekend, the emergency services agency sent out over 20 alerts to keep people informed about ongoing fires.

The locations of the bushfires (at the time of print) have been listed below:

– Peacock Road, Darwin River

– Dorat Road and George Creek, Robin Falls

– Girraween Road, Koolpinyah

– Coach Road, Batchelor

– Arnhem Highway, Marrakai

– Finn Road, Weddell

– Strauss Airfield, Noonamah

– Kakadu Highway, Burrundie

– Heathers Lagoon Road, Lake Bennett

– Mire Road South, Darwin River

– Litchfield Park Road, Charlotte

– Banyan Road, Eva Valley

– Morey Road, Cossack

– Flack Street, Archer

– Usher Road and Hall Road, Cossack, Katherine

Drivers urged to drive to conditions and stay updated

For nearly all of the alerts, NTFRS said they were monitoring the situation but said smoke from the fires may impact visibility.

The only exception was a bushfire on Banyan Road in Eva Valley which broke out at 11.25am on Sunday.

By 11.30am it had been moved to a heightened level of threat and people nearby were told to enact their bushfire survival plan and keep monitoring conditions.

By 12pm, the threat had again been reduced.

People travelling through or living nearby the impacted areas have been advised to drive to road conditions and to stay updated. Picture: NTFRS

While some fires broke out over the last few days, some of the fires have been ongoing for over a week with the longest running bushfire being on Coach Road in Batchelor.

According to the incident map from NTFRS, crews were first made aware of the fire on 18 June at 12pm.

For anyone who is impacted by any of these fires, NTFRS has asked drivers in the area to make sure their headlights are on and to drive slowly.

Those in the area should also check the incident map to stay updated.