Satellites have detected a significant increase in fire alerts in Cape Town over the past three months, with December marking the third-highest month for fire warnings in the past 12 fire seasons. The fire season started earlier than usual, and by the end of January, it had already recorded the fourth-highest number of fire alerts since the 2012/13 season.
Over the past three months, satellites detected more than twice the usual number of fire alerts in Cape Town compared to the previous six years. Two-thirds of these alerts occurred in December, marking it as the third-highest month for fire warnings in the past 12 fire season s, following March 2015 and January 2017. Cape Town ’s usual fire season spans from November, reaching its peak in February or March the following year.
However, this season started earlier than usual, and by the end of January, the 2023/24 fire season had already recorded the fourth-highest number of fire alerts since the 2012/13 season. It is important to note that fire alerts may not accurately represent the actual number of fires. The satellite used as a source for the fire alerts data is ‘mounted on a satellite which in South Africa passes overhead approximately twice a day…so if a fire burns throughout the day, it will be counted twice, and if it burns for two days, the same fire could be counted up to four times
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