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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 detected16 Sep 2026 00:01 UTC
Last detected16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC
Satellite detections24
Peak intensity48 MW
Active days1

Satellite detections — 24

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC2firms
16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC2firms
16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC1firms
16 Sep 2026 12:25 UTC5firms
16 Sep 2026 11:42 UTC9firms
16 Sep 2026 11:42 UTC9firms
16 Sep 2026 11:42 UTC4firms
16 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC16firms
16 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC9firms
16 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC8firms
16 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC18firms
16 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC16firms
16 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC16firms
16 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC18firms
16 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC45firms
16 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC12firms
16 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC8firms
16 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC43firms
16 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC48firms
16 Sep 2026 11:21 UTC43firms
16 Sep 2026 06:16 UTC6firms
16 Sep 2026 06:16 UTC14firms
16 Sep 2026 00:01 UTC4firms
16 Sep 2026 00:01 UTC4firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 16 Sep 2026

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