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Fire near Mogalakwena 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 Mogalakwena Local Municipality · Limpopo
First detected13 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC
Last detected14 Oct 2026 12:38 UTC
Satellite detections13
Peak intensity44 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 — Mogalakwena Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-12) Before — Mogalakwena Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-15) Before · 2026-09-15 After · 2026-10-12

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 13

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
14 Oct 2026 12:38 UTC3firms
13 Oct 2026 23:33 UTC1firms
13 Oct 2026 13:29 UTC44firms
13 Oct 2026 12:55 UTC7firms
13 Oct 2026 12:55 UTC12firms
13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC11firms
13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC8firms
13 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC4firms
13 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC5firms
13 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC5firms
13 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC7firms
13 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC4firms
13 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC4firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 13 Oct 2026

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