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Fire near Mthonjaneni Local Municipality

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 Mthonjaneni Local Municipality · KwaZulu-Natal
First detected16 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC
Last detected17 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC
Satellite detections32
Peak intensity86 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 32

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
17 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC13firms
17 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC9firms
17 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC13firms
17 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC2firms
17 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC5firms
17 Oct 2026 06:46 UTC81firms
17 Oct 2026 06:46 UTC86firms
17 Oct 2026 06:46 UTC36firms
16 Oct 2026 23:33 UTC4firms
16 Oct 2026 23:16 UTC2firms
16 Oct 2026 23:16 UTC2firms
16 Oct 2026 22:37 UTC3firms
16 Oct 2026 13:42 UTC18firms
16 Oct 2026 13:42 UTC35firms
16 Oct 2026 12:17 UTC12firms
16 Oct 2026 12:17 UTC8firms
16 Oct 2026 12:17 UTC8firms
16 Oct 2026 12:17 UTC13firms
16 Oct 2026 11:57 UTC7firms
16 Oct 2026 11:57 UTC21firms
16 Oct 2026 11:57 UTC17firms
16 Oct 2026 11:57 UTC21firms
16 Oct 2026 11:57 UTC17firms
16 Oct 2026 11:57 UTC21firms
16 Oct 2026 11:57 UTC12firms
16 Oct 2026 11:57 UTC7firms
16 Oct 2026 11:57 UTC17firms
16 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC8firms
16 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC18firms
16 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC18firms
16 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC8firms
16 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC18firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 16 Oct 2026