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Fire near Mookgopong 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 Mookgopong Local Municipality · Limpopo
First detected16 Oct 2026 11:23 UTC
Last detected16 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC
Satellite detections13
Peak intensity18 MW
Active days1

Satellite detections — 13

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
16 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC9firms
16 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC9firms
16 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC11firms
16 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC9firms
16 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC9firms
16 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC6firms
16 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC6firms
16 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC7firms
16 Oct 2026 11:23 UTC18firms
16 Oct 2026 11:23 UTC10firms
16 Oct 2026 11:23 UTC10firms
16 Oct 2026 11:23 UTC10firms
16 Oct 2026 11:23 UTC8firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 16 Oct 2026

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