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Fire near Msukaligwa

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 Msukaligwa · Mpumalanga
First detected21 Sep 2026 11:28 UTC
Last detected21 Sep 2026 12:32 UTC
Satellite detections17
Peak intensity65 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 — Msukaligwa (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-21) Before — Msukaligwa (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-12) Before · 2026-09-12 After · 2026-09-21

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 17

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
21 Sep 2026 12:32 UTC65firms
21 Sep 2026 12:32 UTC39firms
21 Sep 2026 12:32 UTC39firms
21 Sep 2026 12:32 UTC14firms
21 Sep 2026 12:32 UTC13firms
21 Sep 2026 12:32 UTC13firms
21 Sep 2026 12:32 UTC14firms
21 Sep 2026 11:49 UTC21firms
21 Sep 2026 11:49 UTC21firms
21 Sep 2026 11:49 UTC7firms
21 Sep 2026 11:49 UTC21firms
21 Sep 2026 11:49 UTC21firms
21 Sep 2026 11:49 UTC7firms
21 Sep 2026 11:49 UTC5firms
21 Sep 2026 11:28 UTC50firms
21 Sep 2026 11:28 UTC50firms
21 Sep 2026 11:28 UTC20firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 21 Sep 2026

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