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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.

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Where Mpumalanga · Mpumalanga
First detected8 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC
Last detected8 Oct 2026 12:14 UTC
Satellite detections16
Peak intensity216 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, 2026-10-07) Before —  (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-12) Before · 2026-09-12 After · 2026-10-07

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 16

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
8 Oct 2026 12:14 UTC8firms
8 Oct 2026 12:14 UTC20firms
8 Oct 2026 12:14 UTC8firms
8 Oct 2026 12:14 UTC6firms
8 Oct 2026 11:30 UTC33firms
8 Oct 2026 11:30 UTC14firms
8 Oct 2026 11:30 UTC216firms
8 Oct 2026 11:30 UTC36firms
8 Oct 2026 11:30 UTC216firms
8 Oct 2026 11:30 UTC36firms
8 Oct 2026 11:30 UTC6firms
8 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC37firms
8 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC37firms
8 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC37firms
8 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC9firms
8 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC10firms

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