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Fire near Lepelle-Nkumpi 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 Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality · Limpopo
First detected22 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC
Last detected23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC
Satellite detections16
Peak intensity33 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 16

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC33firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC25firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC10firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC10firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC7firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC7firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC8firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC8firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC15firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC15firms
22 Oct 2026 12:08 UTC14firms
22 Oct 2026 11:49 UTC7firms
22 Oct 2026 11:49 UTC7firms
22 Oct 2026 11:49 UTC10firms
22 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC18firms
22 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC21firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 22 Oct 2026

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