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Fire near Polokwane 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 Polokwane Local Municipality · Limpopo
First detected22 Oct 2026 22:22 UTC
Last detected23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC
Satellite detections24
Peak intensity24 MW
Active days1

Satellite detections — 24

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC14firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC17firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC20firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC19firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC20firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC17firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC17firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC7firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC24firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC24firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC20firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC24firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC8firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC8firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC8firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC13firms
23 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC2firms
23 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC2firms
22 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC1firms
22 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC1firms
22 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC1firms
22 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC1firms
22 Oct 2026 22:22 UTC2firms
22 Oct 2026 22:22 UTC2firms

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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