Fire near Albert Luthuli 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.
Satellite before & after
High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.
Before · 2026-08-25
After · 2026-10-09
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 — 8
| Time | Intensity (MW) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC | 2 | firms |
| 9 Oct 2026 23:07 UTC | 1 | firms |
| 9 Oct 2026 22:27 UTC | 0 | firms |
| 9 Oct 2026 14:12 UTC | 25 | firms |
| 9 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC | 4 | firms |
| 9 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC | 34 | firms |
| 9 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC | 34 | firms |
| 9 Oct 2026 11:53 UTC | 202 | firms |
Official & data sources
EFFIS / Copernicus fire viewer ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ AFIS — Advanced Fire Information System (CSIR) ↗
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