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Fire near Mkhondo 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 Mkhondo Local Municipality · Mpumalanga
First detected5 Oct 2026 12:06 UTC
Last detected6 Oct 2026 13:57 UTC
Satellite detections13
Peak intensity16 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 13

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
6 Oct 2026 13:57 UTC5firms
6 Oct 2026 12:06 UTC8firms
6 Oct 2026 12:06 UTC8firms
6 Oct 2026 12:06 UTC8firms
6 Oct 2026 12:06 UTC5firms
6 Oct 2026 12:06 UTC16firms
6 Oct 2026 12:06 UTC16firms
6 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC12firms
5 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC5firms
5 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC5firms
5 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC2firms
5 Oct 2026 12:06 UTC9firms
5 Oct 2026 12:06 UTC10firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 5 Oct 2026

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