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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 detected6 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC
Last detected7 Oct 2026 18:56 UTC
Satellite detections30
Peak intensity21 MW
Active days1

Satellite detections — 30

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
7 Oct 2026 18:56 UTC14firms
7 Oct 2026 18:56 UTC8firms
7 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC3firms
7 Oct 2026 11:47 UTC3firms
7 Oct 2026 11:28 UTC14firms
7 Oct 2026 10:51 UTC11firms
7 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC4firms
7 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC2firms
7 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC2firms
7 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC2firms
6 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC1firms
6 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC2firms
6 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC2firms
6 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC2firms
6 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC6firms
6 Oct 2026 23:22 UTC7firms
6 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC3firms
6 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC3firms
6 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC21firms
6 Oct 2026 23:01 UTC21firms
6 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC12firms
6 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC16firms
6 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC16firms
6 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC6firms
6 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC12firms
6 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC8firms
6 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC6firms
6 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC6firms
6 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC3firms
6 Oct 2026 22:25 UTC12firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 6 Oct 2026

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