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Fire near Phumelela 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 Phumelela Local Municipality · Free State
First detected2 Oct 2026 10:43 UTC
Last detected2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC
Satellite detections17
Peak intensity59 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 — Phumelela Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-02) Before — Phumelela Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-08-25) Before · 2026-08-25 After · 2026-10-02

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 17

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC6firms
2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC5firms
2 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC5firms
2 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC5firms
2 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC7firms
2 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC9firms
2 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC9firms
2 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC8firms
2 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC8firms
2 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC12firms
2 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC12firms
2 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC14firms
2 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC14firms
2 Oct 2026 10:43 UTC9firms
2 Oct 2026 10:43 UTC58firms
2 Oct 2026 10:43 UTC59firms
2 Oct 2026 10:43 UTC32firms

Official & data sources

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All fires on 2 Oct 2026

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