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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 detected22 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC
Last detected23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC
Satellite detections20
Peak intensity62 MW
Active days2

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, 2026-10-22) Before — (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-19) Before · 2026-10-19 After · 2026-10-22

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 20

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC5firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC8firms
23 Oct 2026 12:32 UTC6firms
23 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC15firms
22 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC1firms
22 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC2firms
22 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC1firms
22 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC1firms
22 Oct 2026 14:14 UTC8firms
22 Oct 2026 14:14 UTC9firms
22 Oct 2026 14:14 UTC10firms
22 Oct 2026 12:08 UTC13firms
22 Oct 2026 12:08 UTC16firms
22 Oct 2026 12:08 UTC16firms
22 Oct 2026 12:08 UTC23firms
22 Oct 2026 12:08 UTC16firms
22 Oct 2026 11:49 UTC4firms
22 Oct 2026 11:49 UTC62firms
22 Oct 2026 11:49 UTC32firms
22 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC6firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 22 Oct 2026

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