Fire near Hopefield

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 Hopefield · Western Cape

First detected15 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC

Last detected15 Oct 2026 14:42 UTC

Satellite detections6

Peak intensity18 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 — Hopefield (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-14)

Before — Hopefield (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-21)

Before · 2026-09-21 After · 2026-10-14

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 6

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
15 Oct 2026 14:42 UTC	13	firms
15 Oct 2026 13:21 UTC	10	firms
15 Oct 2026 13:21 UTC	10	firms
15 Oct 2026 12:36 UTC	18	firms
15 Oct 2026 12:36 UTC	5	firms
15 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC	7	firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 15 Oct 2026