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Fire near Pixley Ka Seme 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 Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality · Mpumalanga
First detected3 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC
Last detected3 Oct 2026 12:06 UTC
Satellite detections8
Peak intensity18 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 — Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-02) Before — Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-01) Before · 2026-09-01 After · 2026-10-02

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 8

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
3 Oct 2026 12:06 UTC4firms
3 Oct 2026 12:06 UTC4firms
3 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC8firms
3 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC13firms
3 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC18firms
3 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC7firms
3 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC8firms
3 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC13firms

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