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Fire near Moretele Local Municipality

Status: ✓ Confirmed

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

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Where Moretele Local Municipality · North West
First detected17 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC
Last detected17 Sep 2026 12:44 UTC
Satellite detections4
Peak intensity20 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 — Moretele Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-17) Before — Moretele Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-12) Before · 2026-09-12 After · 2026-09-17

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 4

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
17 Sep 2026 12:44 UTC4firms
17 Sep 2026 12:08 UTC20firms
17 Sep 2026 12:08 UTC14firms
17 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC5firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 17 Sep 2026

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