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Fire in Mangaung
Fire in the twelve months to October 2026: 300 fire detections seen from space; 267 ha burnt in the 7 of those months with burnt area out. The most since 2012: 2023, 1,645.
Two readings from space. Fire detections are hot spots a VIIRS satellite saw as it passed, each about 375 m across, counted where they fall in the place: a big fire gives many, a short one between passes none. Burnt area is the ground that looks burnt afterwards, from Sentinel-3 at 300 m, in hectares. Neither is a fire report from the ground.
The last twelve months
- 300Fire detectionsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- 267 haBurnt7 of the twelve months; the rest not out yet
Show the numbers
| When or what | Figure |
|---|---|
| November 2025 | 3 fire detections |
| December 2025 | 2 fire detections |
| January 2026 | 38 fire detections |
| February 2026 | 4 fire detections |
| March 2026 | 1 fire detection |
| April 2026 | 0 fire detections |
| May 2026 | 2 fire detections |
| June 2026 | 25 fire detections |
| July 2026 | 59 fire detections |
| August 2026 | 145 fire detections |
| September 2026 | 13 fire detections |
| October 2026 | 8 fire detections |
| November 2025 | 0.0 ha burnt (0.000% of the place) |
| December 2025 | 0.0 ha burnt (0.000% of the place) |
| January 2026 | 246 ha burnt (0.025% of the place) |
| February 2026 | 21 ha burnt (0.002% of the place) |
| March 2026 | 0.0 ha burnt (0.000% of the place) |
| April 2026 | 0.0 ha burnt (0.000% of the place) |
| May 2026 | 0.0 ha burnt (0.000% of the place) |
| June 2026 | not out yet |
| July 2026 | not out yet |
| August 2026 | not out yet |
| September 2026 | not out yet |
| October 2026 | not out yet |
| Month | Detections | Nominal or high confidence | NOAA-20 (second reading) | Burnt | Share of the place | Land seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 8 | 7 | 10 | not out yet | · | · |
| September 2026 | 13 | 13 | 10 | not out yet | · | · |
| August 2026 | 145 | 138 | 173 | not out yet | · | · |
| July 2026 | 59 | 57 | 66 | not out yet | · | · |
| June 2026 | 25 | 23 | 13 | not out yet | · | · |
| May 2026 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 ha | 0.000% | 99% |
| April 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 ha | 0.000% | 99% |
| March 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 ha | 0.000% | 99% |
| February 2026 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 ha | 0.002% | 99% |
| January 2026 | 38 | 35 | 32 | 246 ha | 0.025% | 99% |
| December 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 ha | 0.000% | 99% |
| November 2025 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 ha | 0.000% | 99% |
NOAA-20 carries the same instrument as S-NPP and passes about 50 minutes apart, so its count is a second reading of the same fires, not extra fires. “Land seen” is the share of the place’s land the burnt-area product saw often enough that month to tell.
The worst years
- 20231,645 fire detections, most in August 2023; 39,910 ha burnt
- 20211,391 fire detections, most in July 2021; 35,020 ha burnt
- 2024848 fire detections, most in August 2024; 18,687 ha burnt
By hectares burnt (whole years from 2019): 2023, 39,910 ha (4.0% of the place); 2021, 35,020 ha (3.5% of the place); 2024, 18,687 ha (1.9% of the place).
Every year since 2012
| Year | Fire detections | Burnt | Share of the place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (10 months) | 295 | 5 months out | · |
| 2025 | 196 | 3,567 ha | 0.36% |
| 2024 | 848 | 18,687 ha | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 1,645 | 39,910 ha | 4.0% |
| 2022 | 740 | 13,828 ha | 1.4% |
| 2021 | 1,391 | 35,020 ha | 3.5% |
| 2020 | 642 | 11,815 ha | 1.2% |
| 2019 | 105 | 2,533 ha | 0.25% |
| 2018 | 162 | 6 months out | · |
| 2017 | 372 | · | · |
| 2016 | 97 | · | · |
| 2015 | 305 | · | · |
| 2014 | 349 | · | · |
| 2013 | 412 | · | · |
| 2012 (11 months) | 434 | · | · |
Detections from February 2012 (S-NPP); burnt area from July 2018, so whole years of it from 2019. A larger place’s figures are the sums of its 2026 wards.
Each ward
- Ward 1 (Batho, White City)
- Ward 2 (Bochabela)
- Ward 3 (Bochabela, Phahameng)
- Ward 4 (Joe Slovo, Phahameng)
- Ward 5 (Zonisele Xeza Hills, Kagisanong)
- Ward 6 (Freedom Park)
- Ward 7 (Rocklands)
- Ward 8 (Ashbury)
- Ward 9 (Blomanda, Fauna)
- Ward 10 (Bainsvlei, Bonnievale small holdings)
- Ward 11 (Chris Hani, Turflaagte)
- Ward 12 (Kopanong)
- Ward 13 (Rocklands, Kagisanong)
- Ward 14 (J B Mafora)
- Ward 15 (Kagisanong)
- Ward 16 (Ashbury, Buitesig)
- Ward 17 (Fairview Kleinplase, Bloemdustria)
- Ward 18 (Bredekamp, Lourierpark)
- Ward 19 (Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein CBD)
- Ward 20 (Dan Pienaar, Westdene)
- Ward 21 (Arboretum, Bob Rogers Park)
- Ward 22 (Langenhovenpark)
- Ward 23 (Brandwag, Tempe)
- Ward 24 (Fleurdal, Generaal de Wet)
- Ward 25 (Fichardtpark, Pellissier)
- Ward 26 (Gardenia Park, Wilgehof)
- Ward 27 (Botshabelo Rural)
- Ward 28 (Botshabelo-K)
- Ward 29 (Botshabelo-F, Botshabelo-J)
- Ward 30 (Botshabelo-H, Botshabelo-IA)
- Ward 31 (Botshabelo-BA, Botshabelo-C)
- Ward 32 (Botshabelo-E)
- Ward 33 (Botshabelo-A, Botshabelo-B)
- Ward 34 (Botshabelo-T)
- Ward 35 (Botshabelo-D, Botshabelo-L)
- Ward 36 (Botshabelo-W)
- Ward 37 (Botshabelo-R, Botshabelo-S)
- Ward 38 (Botshabelo-N)
- Ward 39
- Ward 40 (Selosesha-IA)
- Ward 41 (Bultfontein, Middeldeel)
- Ward 42 (Selosesha, Rooifontein)
- Ward 43 (Botshabelo, Dewetsdorp)
- Ward 44 (Bayswater, Noordhoek)
- Ward 45 (Sonskyn)
- Ward 46 (Grootvlei, Rodenbeck)
- Ward 47 (Heidedal)
- Ward 48 (Helikonhoogte, Heuwelsig)
- Ward 49 (Thaba Nchu, Mokwena)
- Ward 50 (Wepener, Ebenaeser Heights)
- Ward 51 (Lakeview, Grasslands)
Places in each ward: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Source
Seen from space by American and European satellites: not fires reported on the ground.
How we worked this out
What we changed: we counted FIRMS’s detections (presumed vegetation fires only) by the 2026 ward their position falls in, and summed CLMS’s burned fraction times each pixel’s area over each ward; municipalities, districts and provinces are the sums of their wards.
Fire detections: we acknowledge the use of data and/or imagery from NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), part of NASA’s LANCE (VIIRS 375 m, S-NPP and NOAA-20). Burnt area: generated using European Union’s Copernicus Land Monitoring Service information (Burnt Area 300 m version 4, DOI 10.2909/8fa58061-28ab-49bb-9b77-c26b50733e34), modified; this does not mean the European Union endorses us.
Dataset: burnt area and fire, release of 12 November 2026.