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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 detected28 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC
Last detected28 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC
Satellite detections16
Peak intensity43 MW
Active days1

Satellite detections — 16

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
28 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC8firms
28 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC17firms
28 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC24firms
28 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC9firms
28 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC9firms
28 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC9firms
28 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC6firms
28 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC6firms
28 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC16firms
28 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC17firms
28 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC14firms
28 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC25firms
28 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC25firms
28 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC25firms
28 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC25firms
28 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC43firms

Official & data sources

EFFIS / Copernicus fire viewer ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ AFIS — Advanced Fire Information System (CSIR) ↗

All fires on 28 Sep 2026

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