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Fire near Limpopo

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 Limpopo · Limpopo
First detected16 Oct 2026 13:44 UTC
Last detected17 Oct 2026 18:51 UTC
Satellite detections19
Peak intensity151 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 19

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
17 Oct 2026 18:51 UTC38firms
17 Oct 2026 18:51 UTC8firms
17 Oct 2026 18:51 UTC8firms
17 Oct 2026 18:51 UTC14firms
17 Oct 2026 11:42 UTC16firms
17 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC13firms
16 Oct 2026 23:33 UTC1firms
16 Oct 2026 23:33 UTC1firms
16 Oct 2026 23:33 UTC1firms
16 Oct 2026 23:33 UTC1firms
16 Oct 2026 23:14 UTC1firms
16 Oct 2026 23:14 UTC1firms
16 Oct 2026 23:14 UTC1firms
16 Oct 2026 23:14 UTC1firms
16 Oct 2026 22:37 UTC0firms
16 Oct 2026 22:37 UTC5firms
16 Oct 2026 22:37 UTC6firms
16 Oct 2026 13:44 UTC33firms
16 Oct 2026 13:44 UTC151firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 16 Oct 2026

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