Fire near Waitaki District

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.

Where Waitaki District · Otago

First detected15 Sep 2026 01:45 UTC

Last detected15 Sep 2026 03:25 UTC

Satellite detections13

Peak intensity95 MW

Active days1

Satellite before & after

High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.

After — Waitaki District (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-14)

Before — Waitaki District (Sentinel-2, 2026-08-13)

Before · 2026-08-13 After · 2026-09-14

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 13

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
15 Sep 2026 03:25 UTC	95	firms
15 Sep 2026 03:25 UTC	35	firms
15 Sep 2026 03:08 UTC	23	firms
15 Sep 2026 03:08 UTC	25	firms
15 Sep 2026 03:08 UTC	23	firms
15 Sep 2026 03:08 UTC	23	firms
15 Sep 2026 02:30 UTC	74	firms
15 Sep 2026 02:30 UTC	16	firms
15 Sep 2026 02:30 UTC	74	firms
15 Sep 2026 02:30 UTC	16	firms
15 Sep 2026 02:30 UTC	2	firms
15 Sep 2026 01:45 UTC	34	firms
15 Sep 2026 01:45 UTC	30	firms

Official & data sources

NIWA Fire Weather ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) ↗

All fires on 15 Sep 2026