Fire near Vierfontein

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 Vierfontein · Free State

First detected16 Sep 2026 11:40 UTC

Last detected16 Sep 2026 12:25 UTC

Satellite detections6

Peak intensity25 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 — Vierfontein (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-15)

Before — Vierfontein (Sentinel-2, 2026-08-18)

Before · 2026-08-18 After · 2026-09-15

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 6

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
16 Sep 2026 12:25 UTC	8	firms
16 Sep 2026 12:25 UTC	14	firms
16 Sep 2026 12:25 UTC	15	firms
16 Sep 2026 11:40 UTC	25	firms
16 Sep 2026 11:40 UTC	25	firms
16 Sep 2026 11:40 UTC	11	firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 16 Sep 2026