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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 detected1 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC
Last detected2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC
Satellite detections30
Peak intensity26 MW
Active days2

Satellite detections — 30

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC2firms
2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC5firms
2 Oct 2026 12:25 UTC6firms
2 Oct 2026 11:42 UTC3firms
2 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC7firms
2 Oct 2026 11:21 UTC7firms
2 Oct 2026 10:45 UTC17firms
2 Oct 2026 10:45 UTC12firms
2 Oct 2026 10:45 UTC7firms
2 Oct 2026 06:52 UTC17firms
2 Oct 2026 06:52 UTC17firms
2 Oct 2026 00:01 UTC3firms
2 Oct 2026 00:01 UTC3firms
2 Oct 2026 00:01 UTC3firms
1 Oct 2026 23:14 UTC1firms
1 Oct 2026 23:14 UTC2firms
1 Oct 2026 23:14 UTC3firms
1 Oct 2026 23:14 UTC3firms
1 Oct 2026 22:57 UTC3firms
1 Oct 2026 22:57 UTC3firms
1 Oct 2026 22:57 UTC3firms
1 Oct 2026 22:57 UTC4firms
1 Oct 2026 22:18 UTC26firms
1 Oct 2026 22:18 UTC23firms
1 Oct 2026 22:18 UTC4firms
1 Oct 2026 22:18 UTC4firms
1 Oct 2026 14:03 UTC7firms
1 Oct 2026 14:03 UTC5firms
1 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC11firms
1 Oct 2026 11:04 UTC8firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 1 Oct 2026

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