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Fire near Thaba Chweu 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 Thaba Chweu Local Municipality · Mpumalanga
First detected6 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC
Last detected7 Oct 2026 06:48 UTC
Satellite detections10
Peak intensity79 MW
Active days1

Satellite detections — 10

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
7 Oct 2026 06:48 UTC27firms
7 Oct 2026 06:48 UTC60firms
7 Oct 2026 06:48 UTC79firms
7 Oct 2026 06:48 UTC46firms
6 Oct 2026 11:49 UTC3firms
6 Oct 2026 11:49 UTC4firms
6 Oct 2026 11:49 UTC4firms
6 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC29firms
6 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC29firms
6 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC29firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 6 Oct 2026

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