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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.

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Where Thaba Chweu Local Municipality · Mpumalanga
First detected23 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC
Last detected23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC
Satellite detections64
Peak intensity36 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 — Thaba Chweu Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-22) Before — Thaba Chweu Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-19) Before · 2026-10-19 After · 2026-10-22

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 64

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
23 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC5firms
23 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC2firms
23 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC6firms
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23 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC5firms
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23 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC12firms
23 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC8firms
23 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC5firms
23 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC5firms
23 Oct 2026 01:09 UTC10firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC5firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC10firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC2firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC10firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC10firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC12firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC8firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC9firms
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23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC11firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC30firms
23 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC11firms
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23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC4firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC4firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC5firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC7firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC8firms
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23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC4firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC7firms
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23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC8firms
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23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC7firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC7firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC4firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC5firms
23 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC36firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC24firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC24firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC18firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC12firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC10firms
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23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC10firms
23 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC2firms
23 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC9firms
23 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC9firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC8firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC7firms

Official & data sources

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