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Fire near Thaba Chweu Local Municipality

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 Thaba Chweu Local Municipality · Mpumalanga
First detected14 Oct 2026 10:58 UTC
Last detected14 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC
Satellite detections10
Peak intensity55 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 — Thaba Chweu Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-14) Before — Thaba Chweu Local Municipality (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-12) Before · 2026-09-12 After · 2026-10-14

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 10

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
14 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC5firms
14 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC5firms
14 Oct 2026 11:17 UTC5firms
14 Oct 2026 11:17 UTC37firms
14 Oct 2026 11:17 UTC9firms
14 Oct 2026 11:17 UTC9firms
14 Oct 2026 11:17 UTC37firms
14 Oct 2026 10:58 UTC7firms
14 Oct 2026 10:58 UTC55firms
14 Oct 2026 10:58 UTC36firms

Official & data sources

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

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