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Fire near Limpopo

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 Limpopo · Limpopo
First detected18 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC
Last detected18 Sep 2026 11:47 UTC
Satellite detections11
Peak intensity16 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, 2026-09-17) Before — (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 — 11

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
18 Sep 2026 11:47 UTC6firms
18 Sep 2026 11:47 UTC3firms
18 Sep 2026 11:47 UTC3firms
18 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC8firms
18 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC5firms
18 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC10firms
18 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC8firms
18 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC16firms
18 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC16firms
18 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC12firms
18 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC12firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 18 Sep 2026

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