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Fire near Emakhazeni Local Municipality

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 Emakhazeni Local Municipality · Mpumalanga
First detected15 Oct 2026 22:12 UTC
Last detected16 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC
Satellite detections17
Peak intensity22 MW
Active days1

Satellite detections — 17

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
16 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC3firms
16 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC9firms
16 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC5firms
16 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC4firms
16 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC4firms
16 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC3firms
16 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC6firms
16 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC22firms
15 Oct 2026 23:52 UTC1firms
15 Oct 2026 23:52 UTC1firms
15 Oct 2026 23:52 UTC1firms
15 Oct 2026 23:52 UTC1firms
15 Oct 2026 23:33 UTC1firms
15 Oct 2026 23:33 UTC1firms
15 Oct 2026 22:57 UTC2firms
15 Oct 2026 22:57 UTC2firms
15 Oct 2026 22:12 UTC2firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 15 Oct 2026

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