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Fire near Waterval Boven

Status: ✓ Confirmed

This fire is confirmed by an EFFIS burnt-area perimeter or by repeated, intense satellite detections.

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Where Waterval Boven · Mpumalanga
First detected2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC
Last detected2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC
Satellite detections6
Peak intensity51 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 — Waterval Boven (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-02) Before — Waterval Boven (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-12) Before · 2026-09-12 After · 2026-10-02

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 6

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC23firms
2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC23firms
2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC16firms
2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC51firms
2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC32firms
2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC27firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 2 Oct 2026

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