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Fire near Steelpoort

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 Steelpoort · Limpopo
First detected18 Oct 2026 10:45 UTC
Last detected19 Oct 2026 00:16 UTC
Satellite detections21
Peak intensity15 MW
Active days1

Satellite detections — 21

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
19 Oct 2026 00:16 UTC2firms
19 Oct 2026 00:16 UTC2firms
18 Oct 2026 22:35 UTC1firms
18 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC8firms
18 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC5firms
18 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC5firms
18 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC9firms
18 Oct 2026 11:42 UTC6firms
18 Oct 2026 11:42 UTC6firms
18 Oct 2026 11:42 UTC6firms
18 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC5firms
18 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC5firms
18 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC7firms
18 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC5firms
18 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC7firms
18 Oct 2026 10:45 UTC10firms
18 Oct 2026 10:45 UTC15firms
18 Oct 2026 10:45 UTC8firms
18 Oct 2026 10:45 UTC11firms
18 Oct 2026 10:45 UTC8firms
18 Oct 2026 10:45 UTC10firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 18 Oct 2026

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