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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 detected20 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC
Last detected20 Oct 2026 12:44 UTC
Satellite detections8
Peak intensity105 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, 2026-10-19) Before — (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-11) Before · 2026-10-11 After · 2026-10-19

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 8

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
20 Oct 2026 12:44 UTC11firms
20 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC25firms
20 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC44firms
20 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC25firms
20 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC74firms
20 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC74firms
20 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC105firms
20 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC47firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 20 Oct 2026

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