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Fire near Lekwa 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 Lekwa Local Municipality · Mpumalanga
First detected23 Sep 2026 11:10 UTC
Last detected23 Sep 2026 13:55 UTC
Satellite detections24
Peak intensity320 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 — Lekwa Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-22) Before — Lekwa Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-12) Before · 2026-09-12 After · 2026-09-22

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 24

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
23 Sep 2026 13:55 UTC11firms
23 Sep 2026 13:55 UTC5firms
23 Sep 2026 13:55 UTC320firms
23 Sep 2026 13:55 UTC107firms
23 Sep 2026 12:51 UTC7firms
23 Sep 2026 12:51 UTC35firms
23 Sep 2026 12:51 UTC33firms
23 Sep 2026 12:51 UTC33firms
23 Sep 2026 12:29 UTC53firms
23 Sep 2026 12:29 UTC53firms
23 Sep 2026 12:29 UTC70firms
23 Sep 2026 12:29 UTC107firms
23 Sep 2026 12:29 UTC107firms
23 Sep 2026 12:29 UTC63firms
23 Sep 2026 11:53 UTC14firms
23 Sep 2026 11:53 UTC20firms
23 Sep 2026 11:53 UTC20firms
23 Sep 2026 11:53 UTC74firms
23 Sep 2026 11:53 UTC94firms
23 Sep 2026 11:53 UTC94firms
23 Sep 2026 11:53 UTC74firms
23 Sep 2026 11:53 UTC28firms
23 Sep 2026 11:53 UTC28firms
23 Sep 2026 11:10 UTC7firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 23 Sep 2026

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