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Fire near Dannhauser 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 Dannhauser Local Municipality · KwaZulu-Natal
First detected5 Oct 2026 13:18 UTC
Last detected5 Oct 2026 13:18 UTC
Satellite detections3
Peak intensity118 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 — Dannhauser Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-04) Before — Dannhauser Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-08-25) Before · 2026-08-25 After · 2026-10-04

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 3

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
5 Oct 2026 13:18 UTC46firms
5 Oct 2026 13:18 UTC118firms
5 Oct 2026 13:18 UTC52firms

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