South Africa
Fires near Middelburg today
Right now
Satellite heat detections within 50 km of Middelburg, last 24 hours: 1 record.
8 in the last 7 days; the latest 13 hours ago, the nearest 8 km away.
Wind at this point: from the south-east at 8 km/h (forecast for 02:00 UTC, MET Norway, CC BY 4.0).
A satellite sees heat, not a wildfire: it cannot tell a fire from a controlled burn or an industrial flame, and sees nothing under thick cloud. A plant that is hot all year is counted here like any other detection: the page of each one says when heat is seen there in every season.
1
Last 24 hours
8
Last 7 days
39
Last 30 days
Counted at 5 October at 01:52 UTC from the records on file. A count of what sources reported, not a statement that nothing else is happening.