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Fire near KwaZulu-Natal

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 KwaZulu-Natal · KwaZulu-Natal
First detected17 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC
Last detected17 Oct 2026 23:16 UTC
Satellite detections25
Peak intensity122 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 — (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-16) Before — (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-09) Before · 2026-10-09 After · 2026-10-16

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 25

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
17 Oct 2026 23:16 UTC3firms
17 Oct 2026 23:16 UTC3firms
17 Oct 2026 23:16 UTC1firms
17 Oct 2026 23:16 UTC1firms
17 Oct 2026 22:57 UTC3firms
17 Oct 2026 22:57 UTC2firms
17 Oct 2026 22:57 UTC1firms
17 Oct 2026 22:20 UTC1firms
17 Oct 2026 22:20 UTC1firms
17 Oct 2026 22:20 UTC2firms
17 Oct 2026 22:20 UTC2firms
17 Oct 2026 22:20 UTC2firms
17 Oct 2026 22:20 UTC1firms
17 Oct 2026 22:20 UTC1firms
17 Oct 2026 18:51 UTC20firms
17 Oct 2026 18:51 UTC42firms
17 Oct 2026 18:51 UTC78firms
17 Oct 2026 18:51 UTC122firms
17 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC6firms
17 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC42firms
17 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC25firms
17 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC25firms
17 Oct 2026 11:40 UTC25firms
17 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC13firms
17 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC13firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 17 Oct 2026