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Fire near Albert Luthuli 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 Albert Luthuli Local Municipality · Mpumalanga
First detected16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC
Last detected17 Sep 2026 12:06 UTC
Satellite detections20
Peak intensity27 MW
Active days1

Satellite detections — 20

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
17 Sep 2026 12:06 UTC27firms
17 Sep 2026 12:06 UTC17firms
17 Sep 2026 12:06 UTC5firms
17 Sep 2026 01:17 UTC19firms
17 Sep 2026 01:17 UTC9firms
17 Sep 2026 00:16 UTC4firms
17 Sep 2026 00:16 UTC4firms
17 Sep 2026 00:16 UTC2firms
17 Sep 2026 00:16 UTC2firms
16 Sep 2026 23:39 UTC2firms
16 Sep 2026 23:39 UTC4firms
16 Sep 2026 23:39 UTC2firms
16 Sep 2026 22:57 UTC2firms
16 Sep 2026 22:57 UTC2firms
16 Sep 2026 22:57 UTC1firms
16 Sep 2026 22:57 UTC2firms
16 Sep 2026 22:57 UTC2firms
16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC4firms
16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC3firms
16 Sep 2026 22:35 UTC4firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 16 Sep 2026

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