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Fire near Moses Kotane 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 Moses Kotane Local Municipality · North West
First detected15 Oct 2026 11:42 UTC
Last detected15 Oct 2026 23:52 UTC
Satellite detections23
Peak intensity80 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 — Moses Kotane Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-15) Before — Moses Kotane Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-27) Before · 2026-09-27 After · 2026-10-15

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 23

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
15 Oct 2026 23:52 UTC1firms
15 Oct 2026 23:52 UTC1firms
15 Oct 2026 23:33 UTC0firms
15 Oct 2026 23:33 UTC2firms
15 Oct 2026 22:57 UTC1firms
15 Oct 2026 19:13 UTC5firms
15 Oct 2026 12:38 UTC21firms
15 Oct 2026 12:38 UTC5firms
15 Oct 2026 12:38 UTC5firms
15 Oct 2026 12:38 UTC16firms
15 Oct 2026 12:38 UTC21firms
15 Oct 2026 12:38 UTC21firms
15 Oct 2026 12:38 UTC5firms
15 Oct 2026 12:38 UTC5firms
15 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC9firms
15 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC28firms
15 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC9firms
15 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC28firms
15 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC15firms
15 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC9firms
15 Oct 2026 11:42 UTC80firms
15 Oct 2026 11:42 UTC31firms
15 Oct 2026 11:42 UTC80firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 15 Oct 2026

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