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Fire near Free State

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 Free State · Free State
First detected6 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC
Last detected7 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC
Satellite detections26
Peak intensity37 MW
Active days2

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, 2026-10-05) Before — (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-25) Before · 2026-09-25 After · 2026-10-05

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 26

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
7 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC14firms
7 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC10firms
7 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC12firms
7 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC25firms
7 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC18firms
7 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC10firms
7 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC1firms
7 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC1firms
7 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC1firms
6 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC1firms
6 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC1firms
6 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC1firms
6 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC1firms
6 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC1firms
6 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC2firms
6 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC2firms
6 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC1firms
6 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC2firms
6 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC3firms
6 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC5firms
6 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC37firms
6 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC24firms
6 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC24firms
6 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC35firms
6 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC35firms
6 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC24firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 6 Oct 2026