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Fire near Mpumalanga

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 Mpumalanga · Mpumalanga
First detected15 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC
Last detected16 Sep 2026 06:16 UTC
Satellite detections27
Peak intensity184 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 — (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-14) Before — (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-12) Before · 2026-09-12 After · 2026-09-14

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 27

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
16 Sep 2026 06:16 UTC23firms
16 Sep 2026 06:16 UTC12firms
16 Sep 2026 06:16 UTC27firms
16 Sep 2026 00:01 UTC0firms
15 Sep 2026 23:14 UTC1firms
15 Sep 2026 22:57 UTC1firms
15 Sep 2026 12:44 UTC10firms
15 Sep 2026 12:44 UTC10firms
15 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC6firms
15 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC2firms
15 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC3firms
15 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC3firms
15 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC18firms
15 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC18firms
15 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC18firms
15 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC77firms
15 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC184firms
15 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC96firms
15 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC96firms
15 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC5firms
15 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC40firms
15 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC53firms
15 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC36firms
15 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC53firms
15 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC96firms
15 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC4firms
15 Sep 2026 11:04 UTC77firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 15 Sep 2026

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