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Fire near Elias Motsoaledi 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 Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality · Limpopo
First detected21 Sep 2026 11:28 UTC
Last detected22 Sep 2026 12:14 UTC
Satellite detections13
Peak intensity29 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 13

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
22 Sep 2026 12:14 UTC7firms
22 Sep 2026 11:28 UTC20firms
22 Sep 2026 11:28 UTC8firms
22 Sep 2026 11:28 UTC8firms
22 Sep 2026 11:10 UTC9firms
21 Sep 2026 14:16 UTC9firms
21 Sep 2026 14:16 UTC8firms
21 Sep 2026 14:16 UTC10firms
21 Sep 2026 12:32 UTC29firms
21 Sep 2026 12:32 UTC25firms
21 Sep 2026 11:49 UTC14firms
21 Sep 2026 11:49 UTC23firms
21 Sep 2026 11:28 UTC7firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 21 Sep 2026

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