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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 detected19 Oct 2026 00:18 UTC
Last detected20 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC
Satellite detections21
Peak intensity43 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 21

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
20 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC37firms
20 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC2firms
20 Oct 2026 00:54 UTC43firms
19 Oct 2026 23:58 UTC1firms
19 Oct 2026 23:58 UTC1firms
19 Oct 2026 23:58 UTC1firms
19 Oct 2026 23:58 UTC2firms
19 Oct 2026 23:58 UTC1firms
19 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC2firms
19 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC2firms
19 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC7firms
19 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC7firms
19 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC7firms
19 Oct 2026 22:37 UTC6firms
19 Oct 2026 22:37 UTC6firms
19 Oct 2026 22:37 UTC2firms
19 Oct 2026 22:37 UTC1firms
19 Oct 2026 06:27 UTC9firms
19 Oct 2026 00:18 UTC1firms
19 Oct 2026 00:18 UTC2firms
19 Oct 2026 00:18 UTC1firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 19 Oct 2026

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