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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 detected27 Sep 2026 11:15 UTC
Last detected28 Sep 2026 13:46 UTC
Satellite detections23
Peak intensity66 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 23

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
28 Sep 2026 13:46 UTC66firms
28 Sep 2026 05:55 UTC15firms
28 Sep 2026 05:55 UTC24firms
28 Sep 2026 05:55 UTC19firms
28 Sep 2026 00:09 UTC2firms
28 Sep 2026 00:09 UTC1firms
28 Sep 2026 00:09 UTC2firms
28 Sep 2026 00:09 UTC1firms
27 Sep 2026 23:33 UTC3firms
27 Sep 2026 23:33 UTC3firms
27 Sep 2026 22:50 UTC2firms
27 Sep 2026 22:50 UTC2firms
27 Sep 2026 22:50 UTC3firms
27 Sep 2026 22:50 UTC2firms
27 Sep 2026 22:29 UTC3firms
27 Sep 2026 22:29 UTC3firms
27 Sep 2026 22:29 UTC3firms
27 Sep 2026 22:29 UTC4firms
27 Sep 2026 19:00 UTC31firms
27 Sep 2026 19:00 UTC6firms
27 Sep 2026 11:36 UTC3firms
27 Sep 2026 11:15 UTC6firms
27 Sep 2026 11:15 UTC6firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 27 Sep 2026

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