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Fire near Middelburg

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 Middelburg · Mpumalanga
First detected20 Oct 2026 00:54 UTC
Last detected21 Oct 2026 11:30 UTC
Satellite detections20
Peak intensity43 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 20

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
21 Oct 2026 11:30 UTC1firms
21 Oct 2026 06:08 UTC8firms
21 Oct 2026 06:08 UTC17firms
21 Oct 2026 00:01 UTC2firms
21 Oct 2026 00:01 UTC2firms
20 Oct 2026 23:39 UTC1firms
20 Oct 2026 23:39 UTC2firms
20 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC2firms
20 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC2firms
20 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC2firms
20 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC2firms
20 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC3firms
20 Oct 2026 22:20 UTC5firms
20 Oct 2026 22:20 UTC6firms
20 Oct 2026 22:20 UTC5firms
20 Oct 2026 22:20 UTC6firms
20 Oct 2026 22:20 UTC2firms
20 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC37firms
20 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC2firms
20 Oct 2026 00:54 UTC43firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 20 Oct 2026

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