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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 detected8 Sep 2026 22:50 UTC
Last detected9 Sep 2026 18:43 UTC
Satellite detections17
Peak intensity36 MW
Active days1

Satellite detections — 17

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
9 Sep 2026 18:43 UTC36firms
9 Sep 2026 11:53 UTC2firms
9 Sep 2026 11:15 UTC11firms
8 Sep 2026 23:46 UTC2firms
8 Sep 2026 23:46 UTC3firms
8 Sep 2026 23:46 UTC2firms
8 Sep 2026 23:46 UTC2firms
8 Sep 2026 23:26 UTC1firms
8 Sep 2026 23:26 UTC2firms
8 Sep 2026 23:26 UTC1firms
8 Sep 2026 23:26 UTC1firms
8 Sep 2026 23:26 UTC4firms
8 Sep 2026 22:50 UTC2firms
8 Sep 2026 22:50 UTC2firms
8 Sep 2026 22:50 UTC2firms
8 Sep 2026 22:50 UTC13firms
8 Sep 2026 22:50 UTC13firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 8 Sep 2026

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