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Fire near Mookgophong

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 Mookgophong · Limpopo
First detected4 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC
Last detected4 Oct 2026 23:39 UTC
Satellite detections9
Peak intensity49 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 — Mookgophong (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-04) Before — Mookgophong (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-12) Before · 2026-09-12 After · 2026-10-04

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 9

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
4 Oct 2026 23:39 UTC1firms
4 Oct 2026 23:39 UTC1firms
4 Oct 2026 23:39 UTC1firms
4 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC1firms
4 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC2firms
4 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC2firms
4 Oct 2026 22:18 UTC2firms
4 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC49firms
4 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC28firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 4 Oct 2026

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