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.
Satellite before & after
High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.
Before · 2026-09-12
After · 2026-10-12
Short-wave infrared: smoke turns transparent and active flames / burnt ground stand out.Normalised Burn Ratio: recently burnt land shown in red / orange.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem
Satellite detections — 34
| Time | Intensity (MW) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 13:27 UTC | 51 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:55 UTC | 15 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:55 UTC | 15 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:55 UTC | 22 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:55 UTC | 15 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:55 UTC | 27 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:55 UTC | 15 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:55 UTC | 22 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:55 UTC | 27 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:55 UTC | 20 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:55 UTC | 16 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:55 UTC | 8 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 112 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 11 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 11 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 11 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 176 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 132 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 114 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 114 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 172 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 132 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 176 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 132 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 176 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 112 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 132 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC | 176 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC | 54 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC | 46 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC | 54 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC | 54 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC | 21 | firms |
| 13 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC | 54 | firms |
Official & data sources
EFFIS / Copernicus fire viewer ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ AFIS — Advanced Fire Information System (CSIR) ↗
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