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Fire near Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality

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 Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality · Limpopo
First detected12 Sep 2026 00:09 UTC
Last detected12 Sep 2026 13:29 UTC
Satellite detections22
Peak intensity19 MW
Active days1

Satellite detections — 22

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
12 Sep 2026 13:29 UTC19firms
12 Sep 2026 13:29 UTC18firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC7firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC9firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC12firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC4firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC3firms
12 Sep 2026 12:38 UTC3firms
12 Sep 2026 12:02 UTC4firms
12 Sep 2026 12:02 UTC10firms
12 Sep 2026 12:02 UTC6firms
12 Sep 2026 12:02 UTC14firms
12 Sep 2026 12:02 UTC5firms
12 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC9firms
12 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC1firms
12 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC6firms
12 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC5firms
12 Sep 2026 11:17 UTC4firms
12 Sep 2026 10:56 UTC4firms
12 Sep 2026 00:09 UTC1firms
12 Sep 2026 00:09 UTC1firms
12 Sep 2026 00:09 UTC1firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 12 Sep 2026

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