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Fire near Great Kei 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 Great Kei Local Municipality · Eastern Cape
First detected8 Sep 2026 12:10 UTC
Last detected9 Sep 2026 12:55 UTC
Satellite detections5
Peak intensity15 MW
Active days2

Satellite before & after

High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.

After — Great Kei Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-07) Before — Great Kei Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-08-05) Before · 2026-08-05 After · 2026-09-07

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 5

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
9 Sep 2026 12:55 UTC10firms
8 Sep 2026 14:12 UTC15firms
8 Sep 2026 14:12 UTC5firms
8 Sep 2026 12:29 UTC7firms
8 Sep 2026 12:10 UTC2firms

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