Bushfires NT Message - Fire Ban - BARKLY North And DARWIN And ADELAIDE RIVER - 4 October 2025

NT Government

The 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 4 October 2025 for the following areas:

The BARKLY NORTH AND DARWIN AND ADELAIDE RIVER FIRE WEATHER FORECAST AREAS.

This includes ELLIOTT, NEWCASTLE WATERS, BARKLY HOMESTEAD, RANKEN, DARWIN, PALMERSTON, LITCHFIELD and COOMALIE.

The Fire Ban is declared for a 24-hour period commencing at 0000 hours on 4 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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