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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 detected21 Oct 2026 00:01 UTC
Last detected22 Oct 2026 18:51 UTC
Satellite detections25
Peak intensity24 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 25

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
22 Oct 2026 18:51 UTC5firms
22 Oct 2026 14:14 UTC13firms
22 Oct 2026 14:14 UTC10firms
22 Oct 2026 12:08 UTC6firms
22 Oct 2026 11:10 UTC5firms
21 Oct 2026 23:39 UTC6firms
21 Oct 2026 23:39 UTC12firms
21 Oct 2026 23:39 UTC1firms
21 Oct 2026 23:39 UTC1firms
21 Oct 2026 23:39 UTC1firms
21 Oct 2026 23:20 UTC2firms
21 Oct 2026 23:20 UTC1firms
21 Oct 2026 23:20 UTC1firms
21 Oct 2026 23:20 UTC3firms
21 Oct 2026 23:20 UTC3firms
21 Oct 2026 23:20 UTC3firms
21 Oct 2026 22:44 UTC24firms
21 Oct 2026 22:44 UTC1firms
21 Oct 2026 22:44 UTC1firms
21 Oct 2026 22:44 UTC3firms
21 Oct 2026 11:30 UTC1firms
21 Oct 2026 06:08 UTC8firms
21 Oct 2026 06:08 UTC17firms
21 Oct 2026 00:01 UTC2firms
21 Oct 2026 00:01 UTC2firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 21 Oct 2026

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