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Fire near Msukaligwa

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 Msukaligwa · Mpumalanga
First detected9 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC
Last detected10 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC
Satellite detections61
Peak intensity145 MW
Active days2

Satellite before & after

High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.

After — Msukaligwa (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-09) Before — Msukaligwa (Sentinel-2, 2026-08-25) Before · 2026-08-25 After · 2026-10-09

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 61

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
10 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC9firms
10 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC20firms
10 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC6firms
10 Oct 2026 12:12 UTC24firms
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10 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC8firms
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10 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC5firms
10 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC28firms
10 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC9firms
10 Oct 2026 11:36 UTC6firms
10 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC10firms
10 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC10firms
10 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC10firms
10 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC10firms
10 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC11firms
9 Oct 2026 23:07 UTC1firms
9 Oct 2026 14:12 UTC14firms
9 Oct 2026 14:12 UTC17firms
9 Oct 2026 14:12 UTC38firms
9 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC26firms
9 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC74firms
9 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC26firms
9 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC10firms
9 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC9firms
9 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC9firms
9 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC8firms
9 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC26firms
9 Oct 2026 11:53 UTC8firms
9 Oct 2026 11:53 UTC29firms
9 Oct 2026 11:53 UTC145firms
9 Oct 2026 11:53 UTC145firms
9 Oct 2026 11:53 UTC12firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC56firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC53firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC53firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC5firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC19firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC19firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC66firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC52firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC66firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC28firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC52firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC52firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC66firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC53firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC33firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC56firms
9 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC53firms
9 Oct 2026 06:29 UTC63firms
9 Oct 2026 06:29 UTC22firms
9 Oct 2026 06:29 UTC17firms
9 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC2firms
9 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC2firms
9 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC8firms
9 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC13firms
9 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC13firms
9 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC2firms
9 Oct 2026 00:05 UTC2firms

Official & data sources

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

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