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Fire near Mpumalanga

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 Mpumalanga · Mpumalanga
First detected13 Sep 2026 10:58 UTC
Last detected13 Sep 2026 14:08 UTC
Satellite detections19
Peak intensity36 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 — (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-12) Before — (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 — 19

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
13 Sep 2026 14:08 UTC23firms
13 Sep 2026 12:17 UTC7firms
13 Sep 2026 12:17 UTC15firms
13 Sep 2026 11:42 UTC4firms
13 Sep 2026 11:42 UTC8firms
13 Sep 2026 11:42 UTC6firms
13 Sep 2026 11:42 UTC23firms
13 Sep 2026 11:42 UTC13firms
13 Sep 2026 11:42 UTC23firms
13 Sep 2026 11:42 UTC13firms
13 Sep 2026 11:42 UTC36firms
13 Sep 2026 11:42 UTC36firms
13 Sep 2026 10:58 UTC5firms
13 Sep 2026 10:58 UTC6firms
13 Sep 2026 10:58 UTC18firms
13 Sep 2026 10:58 UTC18firms
13 Sep 2026 10:58 UTC18firms
13 Sep 2026 10:58 UTC18firms
13 Sep 2026 10:58 UTC32firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 13 Sep 2026

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