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Fire near Gauteng

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 Gauteng · Gauteng
First detected17 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC
Last detected18 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC
Satellite detections23
Peak intensity24 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 23

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
18 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC4firms
18 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC2firms
18 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC2firms
17 Oct 2026 23:16 UTC1firms
17 Oct 2026 23:16 UTC1firms
17 Oct 2026 23:16 UTC1firms
17 Oct 2026 22:57 UTC1firms
17 Oct 2026 22:57 UTC1firms
17 Oct 2026 22:57 UTC1firms
17 Oct 2026 22:18 UTC1firms
17 Oct 2026 18:51 UTC5firms
17 Oct 2026 18:51 UTC5firms
17 Oct 2026 12:44 UTC9firms
17 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC3firms
17 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC4firms
17 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC4firms
17 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC24firms
17 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC6firms
17 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC11firms
17 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC11firms
17 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC5firms
17 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC3firms
17 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC6firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 17 Oct 2026

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