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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 detected16 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC
Last detected17 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC
Satellite detections9
Peak intensity25 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 9

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
17 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC6firms
17 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC12firms
16 Oct 2026 13:44 UTC24firms
16 Oct 2026 13:44 UTC11firms
16 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC21firms
16 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC13firms
16 Oct 2026 12:19 UTC13firms
16 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC11firms
16 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC25firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 16 Oct 2026

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