Fires in Australia 2009 Fires in Australia 18 December 2009 Smoke plumes from a bushfire can be seen extending to the north in Western Australia, captured in this METOP satellite image taken at 0111 UTC on 15 December. IMAGE D6140: METOP <> Image Type=combine <> 12/15/2009 01:11:33 UTC. source: www.osei.noaa.gov 24. November 2017/by GFMCadmin