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Fire near Matlala

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 Matlala · Limpopo
First detected23 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC
Last detected23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC
Satellite detections29
Peak intensity31 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 — Matlala (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-22) Before — Matlala (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-17) Before · 2026-10-17 After · 2026-10-22

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 29

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
23 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC1firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC13firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC13firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC18firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC9firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC9firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC7firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC7firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC9firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC9firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC7firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC31firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC31firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC10firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC10firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC7firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC7firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC9firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC4firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC9firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC9firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC14firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC9firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC7firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC9firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC9firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC6firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC6firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC6firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 23 Oct 2026

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