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Fire near Eastern Cape

Status: ✓ Confirmed

This fire is confirmed by an EFFIS burnt-area perimeter or by repeated, intense satellite detections.

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Where Eastern Cape · Eastern Cape
First detected16 Sep 2026 11:19 UTC
Last detected16 Sep 2026 11:40 UTC
Satellite detections5
Peak intensity20 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, 2026-09-15) Before —  (Sentinel-2, 2026-08-25) Before · 2026-08-25 After · 2026-09-15

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 5

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
16 Sep 2026 11:40 UTC8firms
16 Sep 2026 11:40 UTC8firms
16 Sep 2026 11:19 UTC20firms
16 Sep 2026 11:19 UTC14firms
16 Sep 2026 11:19 UTC14firms

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