Fire near Walter Sisulu 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 Walter Sisulu Local Municipality · Eastern Cape

First detected30 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC

Last detected30 Sep 2026 12:17 UTC

Satellite detections6

Peak intensity30 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 — Walter Sisulu Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-30)

Before — Walter Sisulu Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-08-25)

Before · 2026-08-25 After · 2026-09-30

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 6

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
30 Sep 2026 12:17 UTC	30	firms
30 Sep 2026 12:17 UTC	9	firms
30 Sep 2026 11:57 UTC	8	firms
30 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC	6	firms
30 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC	8	firms
30 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC	4	firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 30 Sep 2026