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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 detected9 Oct 2026 11:53 UTC
Last detected10 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC
Satellite detections24
Peak intensity23 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 24

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
10 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC9firms
10 Oct 2026 12:12 UTC5firms
10 Oct 2026 12:12 UTC5firms
10 Oct 2026 12:12 UTC6firms
10 Oct 2026 12:12 UTC6firms
10 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC5firms
10 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC5firms
10 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC23firms
10 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC5firms
10 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC5firms
10 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC5firms
10 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC7firms
10 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC2firms
10 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC2firms
10 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC2firms
9 Oct 2026 23:07 UTC4firms
9 Oct 2026 23:07 UTC4firms
9 Oct 2026 23:07 UTC3firms
9 Oct 2026 23:07 UTC3firms
9 Oct 2026 23:07 UTC1firms
9 Oct 2026 23:07 UTC1firms
9 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC2firms
9 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC2firms
9 Oct 2026 11:53 UTC6firms

Official & data sources

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

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