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Fire near Gauteng

Status: ✓ Confirmed

This fire is confirmed by an EFFIS burnt-area perimeter or by repeated, intense satellite detections.

⚠️ 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, gas flares, sun glint) or miss small or cloud-covered fires. Do not use this map for safety decisions; always follow official emergency sources.

Where Gauteng · Gauteng
First detected16 Sep 2026 14:22 UTC
Last detected16 Sep 2026 14:22 UTC
Satellite detections2
Peak intensity312 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 —  (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-15) Before —  (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-12) Before · 2026-09-12 After · 2026-09-15

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 2

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
16 Sep 2026 14:22 UTC89firms
16 Sep 2026 14:22 UTC312firms

Official & data sources

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