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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.

Where Albert Luthuli Local Municipality · Mpumalanga
First detected20 Sep 2026 01:34 UTC
Last detected21 Sep 2026 12:32 UTC
Satellite detections14
Peak intensity27 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 14

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
21 Sep 2026 12:32 UTC9firms
21 Sep 2026 12:32 UTC9firms
21 Sep 2026 11:49 UTC10firms
21 Sep 2026 11:49 UTC10firms
21 Sep 2026 11:49 UTC3firms
21 Sep 2026 11:49 UTC5firms
21 Sep 2026 11:49 UTC6firms
20 Sep 2026 23:20 UTC2firms
20 Sep 2026 23:01 UTC2firms
20 Sep 2026 13:40 UTC27firms
20 Sep 2026 13:40 UTC18firms
20 Sep 2026 11:47 UTC7firms
20 Sep 2026 11:10 UTC10firms
20 Sep 2026 01:34 UTC10firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 20 Sep 2026

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