Bushfires NT Message - Fire Ban - BARKLY North 17 October

NT Government

The A/Chief Fire Control Officer, Bushfires NT and the Chief Fire Officer, NT Fire and Rescue Service, have declared a 24-HOUR FIRE BAN PERIOD for Saturday 18 October 2025 for the following area:

The BARKLY NORTH FIRE WEATHER FORECAST AREAS.

This includes ELLIOTT, NEWCASTLE WATERS and RANKEN.

The Fire Ban is declared for a 24-hour period commencing at 0000 hours on Saturday 18 October 2025.

No person shall light a fire or cause a fire to be lit in the open in the portion of the Northern Territory within the fire ban areas.

The fire ban is valid from midnight to midnight.

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