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Fire near Emalahleni Local Municipality

Status: ✓ Confirmed

This fire is confirmed by an EFFIS burnt-area perimeter or by repeated, intense satellite detections.

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Where Emalahleni Local Municipality · Mpumalanga
First detected12 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC
Last detected12 Sep 2026 13:29 UTC
Satellite detections3
Peak intensity56 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 — Emalahleni Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-12) Before — Emalahleni Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-02) Before · 2026-09-02 After · 2026-09-12

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 3

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
12 Sep 2026 13:29 UTC39firms
12 Sep 2026 13:29 UTC56firms
12 Sep 2026 12:00 UTC4firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 12 Sep 2026

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